Adverse events following immunization: perception and evidence

作者：Bonhoeffer Jan^*; Heininger Ulrich

来源：Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2007, 20(3): 237-246.

DOI：10.1097/QCO.0b013e32811ebfb0

• adverse events
• immunization
• safety

Purpose of review The aim of this article is to highlight the evidence on new and ongoing vaccine safety concerns in the light of several vaccines recently licensed and others made available and recommended more widely. Recent findings There is increasingly convincing epidemiologic and laboratory evidence against a causal relation of several alleged adverse events following immunization. The scientific framework to detect and investigate adverse events following immunization is increasingly robust.
Summary Currently available vaccines are safe in immunocompetent individuals and there is no evidence to deviate from current immunization schedules.

• 出版日期2007-6