title: Creating a vaccine adverse event ontology for public health.
abstract: Creation of an ontology for Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) can help immunization stakeholders better understand adverse events. Moreover, it enables the sharing and reuse of machine-readable knowledge and enhances surveillance systems. Linkage of this knowledge base to controlled vocabularies establishes the foundation for integration of information from different applications. This work describes the framework for ontology creation, the collaborative work supporting it and the overall mission of informatics to bridge organizations and enable knowledge sharing.
authors.affiliation: Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease Branch, ESD, NIP, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA 30333.
authors.forename: Tolentino D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sagaram
authors.forename: Kamadjeu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raoul
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontelo
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohl
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000009:adverse effects; D011634:Public Health; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D014612:Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines