ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2020
Vaccine Safety: Myths and Misinformation.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers.
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120 citing papers in PubMed, 276 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Canine Vaccination-A Survey of Owner Attitudes and Adherence to Vaccination Protocols.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Self-reported vaccine hesitancy and refusal among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental delays: a cross-sectional study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Country readiness in responding to COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Events (VREs) in Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2026Article
- Effect of a pharmacist-led infodemic management intervention on perception, willingness to receive and pay for adult vaccines among civil servants in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents in Croatia: Findings from a Nationwide PACV-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Biodegradable Polymers for Application as Robust Immunomodulatory Biomaterial Carrier Systems.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Understanding perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccination and strategies to increase vaccine uptake among Ebola- affected communities in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Intervention in Health Misinformation Using Large Language Models for Automated Detection, Thematic Analysis, and Inoculation: Case Study on COVID-19.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Characterizing the landscape of pediatric immunization schedules in the US and Europe.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Assessing the psychometric properties of a modified vaccine hesitancy scale for measuring hepatitis B vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers in Southern Ghana.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Health Conditions and Risk Factors in TROVAILMIOVACCINO Users: A Study Promoting Adult Vaccination.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Awareness of autism spectrum disorder among public primary school teachers in Iraq.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Vaccination Strategies and Research Gaps in Hepatitis E Virus for Special Populations.Vaccines · 2025Review
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- Mothers' Ideas About Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Differences Over Time and by Household Experience with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Successful Interventions to Improve Pediatric Vaccine Uptake in Hesitant Cohorts: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States-The Growing Problem and Strategies for Management Including Motivational Interviewing.Vaccines · 2025Review
- Missed opportunities for vaccination among healthcare-seeking children: a cross-sectional study in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2023.BMJ public health · 2025Article
60 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
The World Health Organization has named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019. The reasons why people choose not to vaccinate are complex, but lack of confidence in vaccine safety, driven by concerns about adverse events, has been identified as one of the key factors. Healthcare workers, especially those in primary care, remain key influencers on vaccine decisions. It is important, therefore, that they be supported by having easy access to trusted, evidence-based information on vaccines. Although parents and patients have a number of concerns about vaccine safety, among the most common are fears that adjuvants like aluminum, preservatives like mercury, inactivating agents like formaldehyde, manufacturing residuals like human or animal DNA fragments, and simply the sheer number of vaccines might be overwhelming, weakening or perturbing the immune system. As a consequence, some fear that vaccines are causing autism, diabetes, developmental delays, hyperactivity, and attention-deficit disorders, amongst others. In this review we will address several of these topics and highlight the robust body of scientific evidence that refutes common concerns about vaccine safety.
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