A cluster of nonspecific adverse events in a military reserve unit following pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination-Possible stimulated reporting?

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2421-2426

  McNeil, Michael M ^a   Arana, Jorge ^a   Stewart, Brock ^a   Hartshorn, Mary ^b   Hrncir, David ^b   Wang, Henry ^d   Lamias, Mark ^a,c   Locke, Michael ^a,c   Stamper, John ^a   Tokars, Jerome I ^a   Engler, Renata J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Military Vaccine Agency   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult vaccination; H1N1 vaccine safety; VAERS

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INFUSION FLUID; LORAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHINORRHEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY FACILITIES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862807397     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.072     Document Type: Article

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