title: [Adverse effects of the human papillomavirus vaccine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the most frequent adverse reactions produced by the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional descriptive study using a telephone survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A province in the Andalusian Public Health System.
  
  
  METHODS
  Females vaccinated against HPV in Andalusia, selected by simple random sampling representative of the province.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 3,135 telephone calls were made by the public service "Health Answers" using telephone operators supervised by health personnel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 2,880 calls that fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 1,207 people (41.9% response) took part in the survey. Of the 2,124 surveys made there was some type of adverse reaction (fever, inflammation, pain or rash) in 467 doses (22%): 6.6% was fever, 49.5% inflammation, 72.4% pain, and 6% a rash.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It can be said that HPV vaccine is safe, which is in agreement with that published in the summary of the product characteristics and in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Distrito Condado-Campiña, Huelva, Spain. amparotorrecilla@andaluciajunta.es
authors.forename: M Amparo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Torrecilla Rojas
authors.forename: Miguel Pedregal
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Fermín García
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Josefa Ruiz
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines