| Literature DB >> 31312665 |
Tanya R Myers1, Natalie L McCarthy1, Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos1, Saad B Omer2,3.
Abstract
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an adverse event of interest after vaccination, yet few data are available for background rates during pregnancy. We confirmed 2 cases of incident GBS and estimated an incidence of 2.8 confirmed GBS cases per million person-years (95% confidence interval, 0.5-9.3), indicating rare occurrence. Our findings will help inform safety assessments of Zika vaccines in pregnant populations.Entities:
Keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome; Vaccine Safety Datalink; pregnancy
Year: 2019 PMID: 31312665 PMCID: PMC6419988 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz071
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis ISSN: 2328-8957 Impact factor: 3.835