Research Article
Examining Socioeconomic and Computational Aspects of Vaccine Pharmacovigilance
Table 5
BCG reaction profile: our approach allows producing easily and systematically comprehensive vaccine safety profiles. BCG findings were all verified in labels and other educational material. The profile included also non-reaction terms like ‘POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION’, a laboratory procedure used for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. BCG was reported in 421 VAEs only, indicating reduced VAE risk—also, percentage representation of symptoms’ occurrence with BCG should be interpreted with respect to the context of the vaccine’s overall use and not only as reported in VAERS.
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