Deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), United States, 1997-2013

Vaccines are among the safest medical products in use today. Hundreds of millions of vaccinations are administered in the United States each year. Serious adverse reactions are uncommon. However, temporally associated deaths can occur following vaccination. To characterize main causes of death among reports submitted to the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a spontaneous vaccine safety surveillance system.

Authors

Pedro L. Moro
Jorge Arana
Maria Cano
Paige Lewis
Tom T. Shimabukuro

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English

Publication year

2015

Journal

Clin Infect Dis.

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Journal article

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Deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), United States, 1997-2013

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