Table 1.
Adverse reactions after vaccination
| Category | No. of vaccinees per injection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| Total vaccinees | 186 | 175 | 166 | 147 |
| Vaccinees who returned diaries | 181 | 165 | 162 | 140 |
| Temperature ≥ 99.6°F (range, 99.6–100.4°F) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Redness ≥ 5 cm | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Swelling ≥ 2.5 cm | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Pain at injection site | ||||
| Mild | 41 | 37 | 38 | 32 |
| Moderate | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Severe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nausea | ||||
| Light | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Moderate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Severe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vomiting (all mild) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stomachache | ||||
| Mild | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Moderate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Severe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Headache | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |