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. 2021 Nov 17;6(6):e00553-21. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00553-21

TABLE 3.

Numbers and percentages of participants reporting solicited local and systemic adverse events (AEs) within 1 to 7 days of each vaccine dosea

AE Dose Severityb No. (%) of participants reporting AEc
MenABCWY (n = 100) 4CMenB+MenACWY/S (n = 104) 4CMenB+MenACWY/D (n = 100) 4CMenB (n = 94) MenACWY (n = 102)
Local
    Erythema 1 Any 17 (17.0) 19 (18.3) 18 (18.0) 9 (9.6) 7 (6.9)
>100 mm 3 (3.0) 2 (1.9) 1 (1.0) 0 1 (1.0)
2 Any 15 (15.0) 18 (17.3) 15 (15.0) 10 (10.6)
>100 mm 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.0) 0
    Swelling 1 Any 20 (20.0) 21 (20.2) 16 (16.0) 13 (13.8) 10 (9.8)
>100 mm 2 (2.0) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 0
2 Any 13 (13.0) 14 (13.5) 15 (15.0) 12 (12.8)
>100 mm 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0
    Induration 1 Any 9 (9.0) 15 (14.4) 12 (12.0) 6 (6.4) 4 (3.9)
>100 mm 1 (1.0) 0 1 (1.0) 0 0
2 Any 6 (6.0) 11 (10.6) 12 (12.0) 12 (12.8)
>100 mm 0 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0
    Pain 1 Any 89 (89.0) 100 (96.2) 95 (95.0) 88 (93.6) 52 (51.0)
Severe 15 (15.0) 22 (21.2) 16 (16.0) 12 (12.8) 3 (2.9)
2 Any 87 (87.0) 97 (93.3) 95 (95.0) 87 (92.6)
Severe 19 (19.0) 22 (21.2) 26 (26.0) 15 (16.0)
 
Systemic
    Arthralgia 1 Any 20 (20.4) 15 (15.0) 9 (9.4) 9 (10.5) 18 (18.4)
Severe 2 (2.0) 2 (2.0) 1 (1.0) 0 0
2 Any 22 (22.4) 19 (18.4) 12 (12.2) 17 (18.5)
Severe 5 (5.1) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.1)
    Fatigue 1 Any 56 (56.6) 61 (59.8) 55 (55.0) 46 (50.0) 50 (50.0)
Severe 9 (9.1) 8 (7.8) 2 (2.0) 7 (7.6) 7 (7.0)
2 Any 58 (58.0) 61 (58.7) 62 (62.0) 56 (59.6)
Severe 10 (10.0) 7 (6.7) 9 (9.0) 11 (11.7)
    Nausea 1 Any 16 (16.5) 23 (22.8) 14 (14.4) 13 (15.3) 14 (14.1)
Severe 1 (1.0) 3 (3.0) 1 (1.0) 0 0
2 Any 16 (16.3) 13 (12.7) 15 (15.3) 17 (18.3)
Severe 2 (2.0) 3 (2.9) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.2)
    Headache 1 Any 40 (40.8) 46 (45.1) 38 (38.8) 36 (39.1) 36 (36.4)
Severe 4 (4.1) 4 (3.9) 3 (3.1) 4 (4.3) 4 (4.0)
2 Any 52 (53.1) 36 (34.6) 37 (37.0) 39 (41.9)
Severe 6 (6.1) 5 (4.8) 3 (3.0) 2 (2.2)
    Myalgia 1 Any 34 (34.7) 29 (28.7) 27 (27.8) 21 (24.1) 28 (28.3)
Severe 6 (6.1) 4 (4.0) 0 2 (2.3) 4 (4.0)
2 Any 41 (41.8) 38 (36.9) 35 (35.4) 38 (40.4)
Severe 7 (7.1) 4 (3.9) 2 (2.0) 3 (3.2)
    Fever (≥38°C) 1 Yes 6 (6.0) 5 (4.9) 5 (5.0) 1 (1.1) 3 (3.0)
2 Yes 6 (6.0) 3 (2.9) 3 (3.0) 1 (1.1)
a

All participants were randomized.

b

Severe pain, arthralgia, fatigue, headache, and myalgia were defined as preventing normal daily activities; severe nausea was defined as leading to minimal or no oral intake; severe fever was defined as a body temperature of ≥40°C (no reports).

c

/S, vaccines administered concomitantly in the same arm; /D, vaccines administered concomitantly in different arms; n, number of participants; no., number of participants in a specific category.