title: Adverse reactions to tick-borne encephalitis vaccine: FSME-Immun.
abstract: Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis with FSME-Immun vaccine was started in the Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical School of Białystok, Poland, in 1992. No serious adverse reactions after vaccine administration were observed. Post-vaccine side effects were reported in 242 (11.3%) persons after the first dose (n = 2,135) and only in 14 patients (1.2%) after the second one (n = 1,183). These effects were mild and transitory. No relationship was observed between the frequency of adverse reactions, general or local, and the initial anti-TBE virus antibody titres or the age of the immunized individuals. Post-vaccine side effects were reported significantly more frequently among people not bitten by ticks.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Infectious Diseases, University Medical School, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzeszczuk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sokolewicz-Bobrowska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prokopowicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines