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ArticlePloS one2013

The expected number of background disease events during mass immunization in China.

Youxin Wang, Lijuan Wu, Xinwei Yu, Feifei Zhao, Alyce Russell, Manshu Song, Wei Wang

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors.

Youxin WangSchool of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China ; Municipal Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Beijing, China ; School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
Lijuan Wu
Xinwei Yu
Feifei Zhao
Alyce Russell
Manshu Song
Wei Wang

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is critical to distinguish events that are temporarily associated with, but not caused by, vaccination from those caused by vaccination during mass immunization. We performed a literature search in China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Pubmed databases. The number of coincident events was calculated based on its incidence rate and periods after receipt of a dose of hypothesized vaccine. We included background incidences of Guillain-Barré syndrome, anaphylaxis, seizure, sudden adult death syndrome, sudden cardiac death, spontaneous abortion, and preterm labour or delivery. In a cohort of 10 million individuals, 7.71 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome would be expected to occur within six weeks of vaccination as coincident background cases. Even for rare events, a large number of events can be expected in a short period because of the large population targeted for immunization. These findings may encourage health authorities to screen the safety of vaccines against unpredictable pathogens.

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Mass VaccinationAbortion, SpontaneousAdolescentAdultAnaphylaxisChildChild, PreschoolChinaDeath, Sudden, CardiacFemaleGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansIncidenceInfantInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza Vaccines

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PMID23977153
PMCPMC3748117

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