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. 2021 May 19;6(Suppl 2):e004898. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004898

Table 4.

Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reports released during 1999–2019 that included review of data on auto-immune and related conditions

GACVS report Exposure Outcome Report link
2002 June HepB Multiple sclerosis https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer7747.pdf?ua=1
Influenza Bell’s palsy
2003 December Influenza GBS, multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer7903.pdf?ua=1
2005 December HepB Chronic fatigue https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8102.pdf?ua=1
Meningococcal GBS
2006 November Meningococcal GBS https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8203.pdf?ua=1
2007 June Meningococcal GBS https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8228_29.pdf?ua=1
2007 December Influenza, DTP tetanus, meningococcal GBS https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8304.pdf?ua=1
HepB Rheumatic arthritis
Meningococcal Chronic fatigue
Rotavirus Kawasaki’s disease
2008 December HPV Central demyelinating disease, other https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8405.pdf?ua=1
2013 June HPV GBS, allergic reaction https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8829.pdf?ua=1
2013 December HPV Multiple sclerosis, other https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer8907.pdf?ua=1
2015 December HPV GBS, POTS, CRPS, other https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/wer9103.pdf?ua=1
Influenza (H1N1) Narcolepsy
2016 December Influenza (H1N1) Narcolepsy https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/253062/WER9202.pdf;jsessionid=76C2DBD97AC473A2997E329FE2EE2C4B?sequence=1
2017 June HPV GBS, POTS, CRPS, other https://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/committee/reports/June_2017/en/

CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome; DTP, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine; GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; HepB, hepatitis B vaccine; HPV, human papillomavirus vaccine; POTS, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.