Serum sickness-like reaction associated with inactivated influenza vaccination among Thai Health Care Personnel: Risk factors and outcomes

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Apisarnthanarak, Anucha ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^b   Miller, Elaine R ^c   Mundy, Linda M ^d  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SERUM SICKNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; THAILAND; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SERUM SICKNESS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949153177     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599615     Document Type: Article

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