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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2022

Adverse events following immunization associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines: A descriptive analysis from VigiAccess.

Peter Yamoah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Joseph Attakorah, Neelaveni Padayachee, Frasia Oosthuizen, Varsha Bangalee

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter YamoahSchool of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-6518-5454
Kofi Boamah MensahCollege of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7971-4270
Joseph AttakorahDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Neelaveni PadayacheeDepartment of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6146-8702
Frasia OosthuizenCollege of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3691-7446
Varsha BangaleeCollege of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9613-1501
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences · GHUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assessed adverse events following immunizations (AEFIs) reported on COVID-19 vaccines in VigiAccess and determined the reporting trends across all continents of the world. The study was cross-sectional quantitative in design. VigiAccess was searched on 10 November 10 2021 for reported adverse events following the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines. After entering the search term, "COVID-19 vaccines" in VigiAccess, AEFIs associated with nine approved brands of COVID-19 vaccines had been documented in the database. Data were captured among age groups, sex, and continents of the world and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Overall, 2,457,386 AEFIs had been reported in VigiAccess at the time of the search. No causal associations could be established between the vaccines and the AEFIs. The public accessing VigiAccess data should therefore be made aware of this in order to not falsely attribute AEFIs to COVID-19 vaccines when assessing the database.

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COVID-19VaccinesAdverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsCOVID-19 VaccinesCross-Sectional StudiesHumansImmunizationVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccinesAdverse events following immunizationCOVID-19 vaccinespharmacovigilancespontaneous reportingVigiAccess

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PMCPMC9897635
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