Adverse Events Following Immunization Report and Vaccine Effectiveness of Sinovac. An Interim Report

A universal infant rotavirus vaccine program in two delivery models: Effectiveness and adverse events following immunization

Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrhea leading to hospitalization in young children. Rotavirus vaccines are available in Canada but have not been introduced in all provinces. In a controlled trial, 2 study sites (Prince Edward Island and the Capital District Health Authority (District 9, Nova Scotia) introduced universal rotavirus vaccine programs for infants at 2 and 4 months of age be...

[Adverse events following immunization and causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization].

Several fatal events occurred in Hunan, Guangdong and Sichuan Province in December, 2013. The events were reported by the news media, which followed growing public concern. Currently, more and more vaccines were developed and the immunization was adopted for more objectives. The clinicians, especially pediatricians will face a growing number of clinical problems related to the vaccine. The clin...

Adverse events following yellow fever immunization: Report and analysis of 67 neurological cases in Brazil.

Neurological adverse events following administration of the 17DD substrain of yellow fever vaccine (YEL-AND) in the Brazilian population are described and analyzed. Based on information obtained from the National Immunization Program through passive surveillance or intensified passive surveillance, from 2007 to 2012, descriptive analysis, national and regional rates of YFV associated neurotropi...

Adverse events following immunization: perception and evidence.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to highlight the evidence on new and ongoing vaccine safety concerns in the light of several vaccines recently licensed and others made available and recommended more widely. RECENT FINDINGS There is increasingly convincing epidemiologic and laboratory evidence against a causal relation of several alleged adverse events following immunization. The ...

Causality assessment of adverse events following immunization.