title: Methods of ensuring vaccine safety.
abstract: With a decreasing disease burden from vaccine-preventable diseases in developed countries, ensuring the safety of vaccines is critically important for maintaining public confidence in vaccination programs and continuing low levels of disease. This will require investment in resources to identify true adverse effects, understand their pathophysiology, and design and manufacture safer vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine Safety Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, USA. BallR@cber.fda.gov
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; D011634:Public Health; D014612:Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines