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VACCINE
ADVERSE EVENTS
REPORTING SYSTEM
(VAERS)
Reports from
January 1, 1990
- March 6, 2001
ONLY 1% of serious drug reactions reported to the FDA
According to the Journal of American Medical Association, 6/2/93
|
VACCINE
|
# of Reported
Adverse
Events
|
# of Reported
Serious
Adverse
Events
|
# of
Reported
Deaths
|
*License
|
| ANTH |
1,721
|
87
|
5
|
1998
|
| ADEN |
6
|
4
|
0
|
|
| BCG |
17
|
8
|
2
|
|
| CEE |
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
| CHOL |
95
|
16
|
0
|
|
| DT |
1,492
|
189
|
15
|
|
| DTAP |
10,348
|
1,422
|
283
|
|
| DTAPH |
20
|
11
|
0
|
|
| DTIPV |
16
|
13
|
1
|
|
| DTOX |
14
|
8
|
0
|
|
| DTP |
21,163
|
3,286
|
794
|
|
| DTPH |
6,212
|
928
|
254
|
|
| DTPHIP |
8
|
6
|
0
|
|
| DTPIPV |
17
|
16
|
0
|
|
| FLU |
15,351
|
2,082
|
324
|
|
| HBHEPB |
1,226
|
210
|
71
|
|
| HBPV |
60
|
15
|
4
|
|
| HEP |
32,209
|
4,676
|
662
|
|
| HEPA |
2,097
|
420
|
18
|
1996
|
| HIBV |
21,726
|
3,905
|
932
|
|
| IPV |
5,284
|
1,065
|
271
|
|
| JEV |
215
|
29
|
5
|
|
| LYME |
1270
|
122
|
4
|
1998
|
| M |
414
|
61
|
7
|
|
| M-RV |
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
| MEN |
506
|
137
|
8
|
|
| MM |
34
|
25
|
2
|
|
| MMR |
20,974
|
2,586
|
132
|
|
| MR |
117
|
23
|
0
|
|
| MU |
54
|
19
|
3
|
|
| MUR |
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
| OPV |
24,702
|
3,541
|
970
|
|
| P |
15
|
7
|
2
|
|
| PLAGUE |
23
|
3
|
3
|
|
| PPV |
5,841
|
712
|
95
|
|
| R |
685
|
100
|
1
|
|
| RAB |
1,547
|
115
|
14
|
|
| RV |
787
|
325
|
12
|
|
| SMALL |
7
|
2
|
0
|
|
| TBE |
27
|
0
|
0
|
|
| TD |
9,566
|
520
|
12
|
|
| TEHIB |
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
| TEVAX |
2
|
2
|
0
|
|
| TRIVAX |
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
| TTOX |
1190
|
118
|
4
|
|
| TYP |
1551
|
272
|
14
|
|
| Varicella |
12,635
|
590
|
31
|
1995
|
| YF |
557
|
88
|
9
|
|
| TOTALS |
201,815
|
27,768
|
4,965
|
|
*Illinois Vaccination Awareness Coalition
|
Vaccine
Intial
|
Vaccine
Definition
|
| ANTH
|
anthrax
|
| ADEN
|
adenovirus live
|
| BCG
|
bacillus calmette guerin
|
| CEE
|
tetanus/diptheria
|
| CHOL
|
cholera
|
| DT
|
diptheria/tetanus
|
| DTaP
|
diptheria/tetanus/acellular pertussis
|
| DTaPH
|
diptheria/tetanus/acellular pertussis/haemophilusB
|
| DTIPV
|
diptheria/tetanus/injectable poliovirus
|
| DTOX
|
diptheria/tetanus
|
| DPT
|
diptheria/pertussis/tetanus
|
| DPTH
|
diptheria/pertussis/tetanus/haemophilus B
|
| DPTHIP
|
diptheria/pertussis/tetanus/haemophilus B/injectible poliovirus
|
| DPTIPV
|
diptheria/pertussis/tetanus/injectible poliovirus |
| FLU
|
influenza
|
| HBHEPB
|
haemophilus B/hepatitus B
|
| HBPV
|
haemophilus B
|
| HEP
|
hepatitus B
|
| HEPA
|
hepatitus A
|
| HIBV
|
haemophilus B
|
| IPV
|
injectible poliovirus
|
| JEV
|
Japanese encephalitis virus
|
| LYME
|
Lyme
|
| M
|
measles virus live
|
| M-RV
|
measles virus live (discontinued)
|
| MEN
|
mrmimgoccal
|
| MM
|
measles/mumps virus live
|
| MMR
|
measles/mumps/rubella virus live
|
| MR
|
measles/rubella virus live
|
| MU
|
mumps virus live
|
| OPV
|
poliovirus live oral
|
| P
|
pertussis
|
| PLAGUE
|
plague
|
| PPV
|
pneumococcal
|
| R
|
rubella virus live
|
| RAB
|
rabies
|
| RV
|
rotavirus live oral
|
| SMALL
|
smallpox
|
| TBE
|
tick borne European encephalitis
|
| TD
|
tetanus/diptheria adults
|
| TEHIB
|
|
| TEVAX
|
|
| TRIVAX
|
diptheria/pertussis/tetanus
|
| TTOX
|
tetanus
|
| TYP
|
typhoid live oral
|
| VARCEL
|
varicella (chickenpox) virus live
|
| YF
|
yellow fever
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