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Vaccine-Associated Neurological Adverse Events: A Case Report and Literature Review

[ Vol. 25 , Issue. 43 ]

Author(s):

Maoqiang Tian, Jing Yang, Lei Li, Juan Li, Wenting Lei and Xiaomei Shu*   Pages 4570 - 4578 ( 9 )

Abstract:


Vaccination is an effective strategy to reduce the burden of preventable illness. However, many clinical reports revealed that various vaccinations may associate with neurological disorders, mainly including autoimmune disease, febrile seizure, and vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP). Although more and more reports revealed that part of the above post-vaccine neurological disorders is not directly related to vaccination, it may be merely a coincidence. However, these reports may increase the hesitancy on vaccination for the public population and influence the coverage of vaccination. In this report, we described a child with acute flaccid paralysis possibly caused by a poliovirus vaccine. To provide feasible ways to realize or reduce the risk of neurological adverse events caused by vaccines, we further provide a mini-review of the literature of vaccination associated with neurological adverse events. This revealed that oral poliomyelitis vaccine use exclusively and type 2 serotype poliomyelitis vaccine virus were the risk factors for VAPP. The combination vaccine was associated with an increased risk of ADEM and FS following immunization when compared with the administration of vaccines separately. Even though cases have been reported that vaccination may be a trigger of anti-NMDARe and GBS, there is no direct evidence to prove that vaccination increased the risk of GBS and anti-NMDARe.

Keywords:

Vaccinations, neurological disorders, febrile seizure, vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Affiliation:

Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province



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