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Postmarketing safety surveillance of trivalent recombinant influenza vaccine: Reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2017 Sep 5. pii: S0264-410X(17)31135-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.047. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Postmarketing safety surveillance of trivalent recombinant influenza vaccine: Reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.[/h] Woo EJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Moro PL[SUP]2[/SUP], Cano M[SUP]2[/SUP], Jankosky C[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] On January 16, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration approved recombinant hemagglutinin influenza vaccine (RIV3) (Spodoptera frugiperda cell line; Flublok), which is the first completely egg-free flu vaccine licensed in the United States. To improve our understanding of the safety profile of this vaccine, we reviewed and summarized reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) following RIV3. Through June 30, 2016, VAERS received 88 reports. Allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, were the most common type of adverse event. Based on medical review, 10 cases met the Brighton Collaboration case definition of anaphylaxis, 21 reports described allergic reactions other than anaphylaxis, and 11 reports described signs and symptoms that suggested hypersensitivity. Other adverse events included injection site reactions, fatigue, myalgia, headache, and fever. The occurrence of anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions in some individuals may reflect an underlying predisposition to atopy that may manifest itself after an exposure to any drug or vaccine, and it does not necessarily suggest a causal relationship with the unique constituents that are specific to the vaccine product administered. Further research may elucidate the mechanism of allergic reactions following influenza vaccination: it is possible that egg proteins and influenza hemagglutinin play little or no role. Vaccination remains the single best defense against influenza and its complications. The information summarized here may enable policy makers, health officials, clinicians, and patients to make a more informed decision regarding vaccination strategies.
Published by Elsevier Ltd.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Adverse event; Egg-free; Influenza; Recombinant vaccine

PMID: 28886946 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.047
 
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