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Study of adverse events of A/H1N1 vaccine among health care staff in selected provinces of Afghanistan, 2010

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Abstract
At the end of March 2010 an A/H1N1 vaccination campaign was conducted in Afghanistan using donated vaccines. However, no surveillance system for detection of adverse events following immunization was in place. We report a cross-sectional, descriptive survey in 4 provinces of Afghanistan to assess the rate of adverse events among health care staff immunized with A/H1N1 monovalent vaccine 4 weeks after vaccination. Using random sampling proportionate to size, 350 staff [‎mean age 36 years, range 16-65 years]‎ were surveyed using a questionnaire. The highest self-reported rates of adverse events were pain at the injection site [‎53%]‎, fever in the first 3 days after immunization [‎40%]‎, body pain [‎39%]‎, tiredness [‎33%]‎, swelling at the injection site [‎29%]‎ and redness at the injection site [‎28%]‎. More females than males suffered adverse reactions and the rates varied across different provinces, ranging from 79% in Balkh to 23% in Kabul
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Mofleh, J.A., Akbarian, Z., Muserat, N., Yosofi, H., Alkozai, A. et al. (‎2012)‎. Study of adverse events of A/H1N1 vaccine among health care staff in selected provinces of Afghanistan, 2010. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 18 (‎9)‎, 946 - 950, 2012 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/118516
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 18 (‎9)‎, 946 - 950, 2012
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946 - 950
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1020-3397
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http://www.emro.who.int/emhj/v18/09/2012_18_9_0946_0950.pdf
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