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Neurological Complications after Pertussis Vaccine. The Enigma Is Still Here

Volume 1 - Issue 6

Avinoam Shuper*

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- Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Israel
*Corresponding author: Prof.(emeritus) Avinoam Shuper, MD, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine Israel

Received: November 09, 2017; Published: November 14, 2017

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000528

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Abstract

The significance of regular childhood vaccinations is universally accepted. However these vaccinations were reported to potentially have a long list of complications. This list includes disorders such as autism (measles vaccine), multiple sclerosis (hepatitis B vaccine) meningo encephalitis (Japanese encephalitis vaccine), Guillaine-Barre and giant cell arteritis (influenza vaccine), and more. Seizures and hypotonic/hypo responsive episodes following pertussis vaccination [1]. On the other side, public tolerance to adverse reactions is minimal. In the past, adverse reactions to vaccination drew significant public attention. A unique example to the problematic situation of such adverse events is the pertussis vaccine, which was along many years and still is a subject for many legal suits. Handicapped patients claimed that their medical difficulties, especially in the neurological field, are the result of the immunization, and thus they claim for an appropriate compensation. There were several phases in this process. Phase I may be represented by the article of Aicardi &Chevrie [2].

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