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. 2022 Mar 30;16:951–972. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S347297

Table 4.

Potential Side Effects of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Therapy Type Potential Side Effects
Vaccine BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, AZD1222, Ad26.COV2.S Fevers, chills,aches, allergic reaction, neurologic complications, fatigue, headache.200
BNT162b2, mRNA-1273 Injection site pain, fatigue, headache, and myalgia, second dose for both vaccines, particularly for systemic reactions, chills, fever, and joint pain.201,202
BNT162b2, mRNA-1273 Anaphylaxis.203
BBIBP-CorV Fever, injection site pain, tenderness, redness, headache, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, cough, allergy, muscle pain, abdominal pain,lethargy, back pain.204
CoronoVac Pain, redness, swelling, injection site pain, pruritus, cough, fatigue, diarrhea, back pain, hypersensitivity, muscle pain, decreased appetite.205
BBV152 Headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, fever, injection site pain.206
Convalescent Plasma ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04373460 Pneumonitis, headache, hypertension, non-cardiac chest pain, infusion related reaction.86
ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04338360. Mortality, circulatory overload, acute lung injury, severe allergic transfusion reaction.207
Neutralizing antibodies Bamlanivimab monotherapy or combination therapy of bamlanivimab and etesevimab Chills, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, nasal congestion, nausea, pruritus, pyrexia, rash, syncope, vomiting.208
Casirivimab and imdevimab Vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, pruritus, urticaria, chills, flushing.99
T cell/NK cell based therapeutics NK cells and/or memory T cell infusion Infusion reactions, side effects related to frozen products, graft-versus-host disease.209