ReviewAfrican health sciences2020
A review of the safety of vaccines used in routine immunization in Africa.
Review in African health sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Observational analysis of the immunogenicity and safety of various types of spinal muscular atrophy vaccines.Inflammopharmacology · 2024Trial
- Assessment of adherence to pre-vaccination precautions and AEFI reporting practices during BCG vaccination in 4 hospitals in Ghana.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Safety of Vaccination within First Year of Life-The Experience of One General Medicine Center.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- COVID-19 pandemic: SARS-CoV-2 specific vaccines and challenges, protection via BCG trained immunity, and clinical trials.Expert review of vaccines · 2021Review
- Reproductive health issues, infections and non-communicable diseases.African health sciences · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the significant role played by vaccines in global health, concerns over vaccine safety have increased tremendously over the years. There have been occasions where vaccines have caused rare, adverse reactions some of which have led to hospitalizations and even death. It is therefore important to establish the safety profile of routinely used vaccines in order to allay fears pertaining to their use.
objectivesThis review was aimed at pooling together the safety data of selected vaccines used for routine immunization in Africa, a region of the world with paucity of vaccine safety data.
methodsAdverse Events Following Immunization safety data was searched for rotavirus, yellow fever, measles, rubella, tuberculosis (Bacillus Calmette Guerin-BCG), pneumococcal, Haemophilus Influenza type b, polio, meningococcal and the influenza A (H1N1) vaccines in PUBMED, Google Scholar, Clinical trials.gov and Cochrane controlled register of trials databases.
resultsA total of twenty-four serious AEFIs and twenty-three minor AEFIs were identified from the review. The strength of association between AEFIs and vaccine was high for tuberculosis vaccine and moderate for all other vaccines.
conclusionEven though AEFIs (including mild and severe) were identified in the review, all the vaccines studied were generally well tolerated.
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