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Title
Neurological complications following measles vaccination.
AuthorAllerdist H
Source
Dev Biol Stand,
43:1979,
259-64
AbstractIn Hamburg 18 cases of neurological complications following vaccination with live measles virus
vaccine (including 2 cases of abortive encephalopathy) have been observed between 1971--1978. A causal connection
was assumed in 14 cases, that means an incidence of 1 neurological complication per 2,500 vaccinees and
an incidence of 1 abortive encephalopathy per 17,650 vaccinees. These results differ from studies
of various countries which used the same vaccine strain (Schwarz). Clinical symptoms, age distribution
and incubation period are demonstrated. The prognosis seems to be good; the risk of vaccination compared
to the risk following original measles is between 1:10 (convulsions) and 1:18 (encephalopathy).