Michael M. McNeil, Jorge Arana, Brock Stewart, Mary Hartshorn, David Hrncir, Henry Wang, Mark Lamias, Michael Locke, John Stamper, Jerome I. Tokars, Renata J. Engler
A cluster of nonspecific adverse events in a military reserve unit following pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination?Possible stimulated reporting?
Vaccine, Available online 3 February 2012, ISSN 0264-410X, 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.072.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X12001107)
Keywords: VAERS; Adult vaccination; H1N1 vaccine safety
Abstract
Background
On February 20, 2010, a 23 year old male Army Reservist (index case) with symptom onset 4 h after receiving inactivated monovalent pandemic 2009 (H1N1) vaccine (MIV) was hospitalized with possible Guillain-Barr? syndrome (GBS). Within 1?2 days, 13 reservists from the same unit presented to the emergency department and 14 filed Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) reports of nonspecific symptoms following MIV....
