Routine Smallpox Vaccination.

A reprint of the article "Routine Smallpox Vaccination," which appeared in the November 8, 1971 issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" is presented. It discusses a recommendation from the Public Health Service's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics urging the U.S. to discontinue routine smallpox vaccination. Also discussed are the factors that influenced this recommendation.