Active safety monitoring of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme of Sri Lanka

Objectives This study was designed to report incidence and characteristics of selected adverse events following immunisation which have consistent causal association (AEFIc) with Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccination given at the age of one year in the National Immunisation Programme of Sri Lanka. Methods The data presented here were obtained from a cohort event monitoring study. It was car...

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Active safety monitoring of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in the National Immunisation Programme of Sri Lanka

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