Vaccination and allergy: EAACI position paper, practical aspects

• Published in: Pediatric allergy and immunology Vol. 28; no. 7; pp. 628 - 640
• Main Authors: Nilsson, Lennart, Brockow, Knut, Alm, Johan, Cardona, Victoria, Caubet, Jean‐Christoph, Gomes, Eva, Jenmalm, Maria C., Lau, Susanne, Netterlid, Eva, Schwarze, Jürgen, Sheikh, Aziz, Storsaeter, Jann, Skevaki, Chrysanthi, Terreehorst, Ingrid, Zanoni, Giovanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Adjuvant; Adverse event; Allergies; Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Anaphylaxis - immunology; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical Medicine; Dermatologi och venereologi; Dermatology and Venereal Diseases; Fear; Humans; Hypersensitivity - etiology; Hypersensitivity - immunology; Immunization; Infant; Klinisk medicin; Lungmedicin och allergi; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Patients; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Public health; Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Risk factors; Vaccination; Vaccination - adverse effects; Vaccines; Vaccines - adverse effects; Vaccines - immunology; adverse event; allergy; anaphylaxis; adjuvant; vaccination

Immunization is highly effective in preventing infectious diseases and therefore an indispensable public health measure. Allergic patients deserve access to the same publicly recommended immunizations as non‐allergic patients unless risks associated with vaccination outweigh the gains. Whereas the n...