Anthrax Vaccination and Birth Defects?

Question

I am trying to find out how many men, who got the anthrax vaccination, now have a newborn or young child with a birth defect. My niece had a son who had a club foot, she has a friend (on base) who is pregnant with a child with spinal bifida. She said that she can name about 15 women whose husbands are over seas, who are either pregnant or have already had a child with a birth defect of some kind. She is wondering if it has anything to do with the anthrax vaccine. If you have any knowledge or anything to add, it will be much appreciated by the entire military personell, thinking of having a family.

Update:

Actually the women have not been immunized and are not in the military. Only their husbands are. None of these women have received the vaccine.

marmarsie · Accepted Answer

Both my Husband and i have received all the rounds of the Anthrax vaccine.

I received my final anual booster about 2 months prior to me getting pregnant, my husband received his booster about 6 months before.

We have a very healthy child with no major birth defects (he was tongue tied- but that is a very common thing for children and not related to anthrax).

The majority of our friends with children had the vaccinations as well (mainly just the husbands- depending on who was in the service) and their children are all fine as well!

Anonymous · Answer

This applies to women, not men:

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5106a5.htm

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