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- Title
Update: Guillain-Barré Syndrome Among Recipients of Menactra Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine -- United States, June 2005-September 2006.
- Authors
Woo, E. J.; Ball, R.; Braun, M.; Clark, T.; Messonnier, N. Rosenstein; Wharton, M.; Vellozzi, C.; Campbell, S.; Weintraub, E.; Davis, R.
- Abstract
The article presents an update on the possible association between Guillain-Barrae Syndrome (GBS) and receipt of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). Eight confirmed cases of GBS within 6 weeks after MCV4 vaccination has been identified from March 2005 to February 2006. Nine additional GBS cases has been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System from March to September 2006.
- Subjects
PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; VACCINATION complications; DRUG side effects; PHARMACODYNAMICS; NEISSERIA meningitidis; GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2006, Vol 55, Issue 41, p1120
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article