. "APPENDIX B Strategies for Gathering Information ." Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Casuality. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1994.
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Adverse Events Associated with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Causality
TABLE B-1 Vaccines and Adverse Events Studied
Adverse Event
T/D/Td
Measles
Mumps
OPV
IPV
Hib
Hep. B
Encephalopathy (acute and chronic)
X
X
X
Aseptic meningitis
X
X
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
X
Residual (chronic) seizure disorder
X
X
X
Guillain-Barré syndrome
X
X
X
X
X
X
Transverse myelitis
X
X
X
X
X
X
Paralytic poliomyelitis (in recipient or contact)
X
Myelitis
X
Neuropathy
X
X
Optic neuritis
X
Sensorineural deafness
X
X
Sterility via orchitis
X
X
Death
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Anaphylaxis
X
X
X
X
X
X
Arthritis
X
X
Erythema multiforme
X
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
X
X
Early susceptibility to Hib disease
X
Thrombocytopenia
X
X
X
X
NOTE: T/DT/Td, tetanus toxoid/diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use/tetanus and diphtheria toxoids for adult use; OPV, oral polio vaccine; IPV, inactivated polio vaccine; Hib, Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; Hep. B, hepatitis B vaccine.
