Surveillance of adverse effects during a vaccination campaign against meningitis C

• Published in: European journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 907 - 911
• Main Authors: Laribière, Anne, Miremont-Salamé, Ghada, Reyre, Hadrien, Abouelfath, Abdelilah, Liège, Ludovic, Moore, Nicholas, Haramburu, Françoise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.12.2005; Berlin Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; France; Humans; Infant; Male; Mass Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Medical sciences; Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control; Meningococcal Vaccines - adverse effects; Neisseria meningitidis; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; France; Human; Nervous system diseases; Toxicity; Vaccination; Neisseriaceae; Neisseria meningitidis; Vaccine; Pharmacovigilance; Adverse effects; Infection; Prevention; Meningococcal vaccines; Postmarketing; Surveillance; Central nervous system disease; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Product surveillance

To describe adverse events occurring after mass vaccination with conjugate and nonconjugate vaccines and to assess the incidence of serious adverse effects. A mass immunisation campaign against meningococcal C disease was conducted in two French administrative areas, Landes and Pyrénées atlantiques,...