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. 2017 Mar 1;13(6):1359–1368. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1288769

Table 3.

Summary of adverse events and subjects with adverse events.

  cIPV-tOPV-tOPV (n = 100) cIPV-cIPV-cIPV (n = 99) cIPV-bOPV-bOPV (n = 100) tOPV-tOPV-tOPV (n = 101) cIPV-cIPV-tOPV (n = 100) cIPV-cIPV-bOPV (n = 100) Total (n = 600)
Serious adverse events              
Number of AEs 4 4 7 1 4 8 28
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 4 (4.00%) 3 (3.03%) 5 (5.00%) 1 (0.99%) 4 (4.00%) 7 (7.00%) 24 (4.00%)
Systemic reactions*              
Number of AEs 248 256 242 239 289 257 1531
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 83 (83.00%) 76(76.77%) 78 (78.00%) 78 (77.23%) 90 (90.00%) 90 (90.00%) 495 (82.50%)
Fever              
Number of AEs 186 188 173 170 202 180 1099
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 80 (80.00%) 70 (70.71%) 71 (71.00%) 75 (74.26%) 86 (86.005) 85 (85.00%) 467 (77.83%)
Irritability/fussiness              
Number of AEs 10 16 13 15 20 20 94
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 8 (8.005) 10 (10.00%) 9 (9.00%) 11 (10.89%) 15 (15.00%) 13 (13.00%) 66 (11.00%)
Somnolence              
Number of AEs 3 3 2 3 2 2 15
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 3 (3.00%) 3 (3.03%) 2 (2.00%) 2 (2.97%) 2 (2.00%) 2 (2.00%) 15 (2.50%)
Vomit              
Number of AEs 7 7 8 3 14 3 42
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 6 (6.00%) 7 (7.07%) 7 (7.00%) 2 (2.97%) 9 (9.00%) 3 (3.00%) 35 (5.83%)
Diarrhea              
Number of AEs 42 42 45 46 46 47 268
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 34 (34.00%) 28 (28.28%) 31 (31.00%) 29 (28.71%) 29 (29.00%) 29 (29.00%) 180 (30.00%)
Allergic reaction              
Number of AEs 0 0 1 2 5 5 13
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 0 0 1 (1.00%) 1 (0.99%) 5 (5.00%) 5 (5.00%) 12 (2.00%)
Local reaction: Redness on injection site            
Number of AEs 1 3 2 0 4 2 12
Number of subjects with AEs (n/N%) 1 (1.00%) 3 (3.03%) 2 (2.00%) 0 3 (3.00%) 2 (2.00%) 11 (1.83%)
*

Systemic reactions involve fever, easy irritation, somnolence, vomit, diarrhea and allergic reaction.

cIPV = conventional inactivated poliovirus vaccine. bOPV = bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine. tOPV = trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine.