Ramifications of adverse events in children in Australia

Many serious adverse reactions to this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine have occurred across Australia, and its use remains suspended in children aged 5 years and under.1 2 3 Data released on 1 June 2010 show that 1 in every 110 young children vaccinated with the CSL vaccine had a febrile seizure.

A previous H1N1 vaccine study published earlier this year showed that a …

BMJ 2010340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c2994 (Published 09 June 2010)Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c2994

  1. Peter Collignon, infectious diseases physician and microbiologist,  
  2. Peter Doshi, program in history, anthropology, science, technology and society,  
  3. Tom Jefferson, coordinator3
Author affiliations
  1. peter.collignon@act.gov.au

Source : https://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2994.full