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. 2022 Feb 22;18(1):2027714. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2027714

Table 2.

Multiple comparisons of 3 rabies vaccines about safety and immunogenicity (Case/Total)

Study Vaccine type Safety
Immunogenicity
(D14)a
Local AR
 
Systemic
AR
Sero
conversion
RVNA titer
[GMT(95%CI)
/Subjects, IU/ml]
Local pain Erythema Pruritus Edema Induration Headache Fever Myalgia Weakness
Benjavongkulchai (1997) PCECV 13/72 1/72 0/72 0/72 0/72 1/72 16/72 15/72 0/72 55/55 1.86(NR)/22
Benjavongkulchai (1997) HDCV 3/40 1/40 0/40 0/40 0/40 1/40 0/40 0/40 0/40 38/39 3.10(NR)/39
Fang (2014) PVRV 0/28 0/28 0/28 1/28 0/28 0/28 1/28 0/28 0/28 NRb NR
Fang (2014) PCECV 2/33 0/33 0/33 1/33 0/33 0/33 1/33 0/33 0/33 NR NR
Bose (2016), 1 PVRV 20/30 3/30 2/30 2/30 5/30 7/30 4/30 3/30 11/30 27/27 20.57(17.03 
~ 24.84)/27
Bose (2016), 1 PCECV 21/31 0/31 3/31 3/31 4/31 5/31 2/31 5/31 9/31 29/29 16.01(12.46 
~ 20.57)/29
Bose (2016), 2 PVRV 13/30 0/30 1/30 1/30 1/30 5/30 1/30 2/30 7/30 27/27 16.47(13.39 
~ 20.26)/27
Bose (2016), 2 PCECV 9/31 0/31 0/31 1/31 1/31 2/31 0/31 2/31 4/31 29/29 14.13(11.42 
~ 17.47)/29
Ashwathnarayana (2009) PCECV 1/50 0/50 1/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 50/50 6.88(6.11 
~ 7.75)/50
Ashwathnarayana (2009) PVRV 1/50 0/50 1/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 0/50 48/48 6.65(5.91 
~ 7.49)/48
Ramezankhani (2016) PVRV 27/702 9/702 7/702 4/702 0/702 8/702 11/702 6/702 5/702 NR NR
Ramezankhani (2016) PCECV 28/747 8/747 1/747 2/747 0/747 16/747 10/747 5/747 11/747 NR NR
Li (2020) HDCV 6/150 0/150 2/150 3/150 2/150 4/150 3/150 1/150 0/150 149/150 21.47(18.91 
~ 24.36)/150
Li (2020) PVRV 7/150 0/150 1/150 3/150 1/150 4/150 3/150 0/150 1/150 148/150 20.78(18.21 
~ 23.71)/150
Chen (2018) HDCV 7/200 2/200 2/200 2/200 5/200 1/200 3/200 0/200 5/200 NR NR
Chen (2018) PVRV 11/200 5/200 6/200 5/200 4/200 6/200 25/200 1/200 26/200 NR NR
Lu (2010) PCECV 19/300 1/300 11/300 1/300 4/300 4/300 3/300 0/300 8/300 NR NR
Lu (2010) PVRV 15/300 1/300 13/300 1/300 4/300 5/300 4/300 0/300 9/300 NR NR
Huang (2018) HDCV 1/53 0/53 0/53 0/53 0/53 1/53 1/53 0/53 1/53 NR NR
Huang (2018) PVRV 5/58 0/58 0/58 0/58 0/58 1/58 2/58 0/58 3/58 NR NR
Pooled PVRV 99/1548 18/1548 31/1548 17/1548 15/1548 36/1548 51/1548 12/1548 62/1548 250/252 -
Pooled PCECV 93/1264 10/1264 16/1264 8/1264 9/1264 28/1264 32/1264 27/1264 32/1264 163/168 -
Pooled HDCV 17/443 3/443 4/443 5/443 7/443 7/443 7/443 1/443 6/443 263/267 -
RR, 95%CI (HDCV vs. PVRV) 0.51
(0.20 ~ 0.98)*
0.79
(0.12 ~ 2.63)
1.15
(0.17 ~ 3.72)
1.04
(0.26 ~ 2.83)
1.82
(0.41 ~ 5.19)
0.74
(0.15 ~ 2.36)
0.20
(0.03 ~ 0.64)*
0.46
(0.02 ~ 2.10)
0.25
(0.06 ~ 0.73)*
1.00
(0.75 ~ 1.34)
0.03
(−0.26 ~ 0.32)
RR, 95%CI (HDCV vs. PCECV) 0.49
(0.20 ~ 0.95)*
1.58
(0.19 ~ 5.79)
2.35
(0.24 ~ 9.99)
1.33
(0.20 ~ 4.73)
2.24
(0.38 ~ 6.86)
1.60
(0.24 ~ 5.73)
0.27
(0.03 ~ 0.92)*
0.32
(0.01 ~ 1.36)
0.48
(0.08 ~ 1.65)
1.00
(0.68 ~ 1.46)
0.16
(−0.17 ~ 0.49)
RR, 95%CI (PVRV vs. PCECV) 1.08
(0.65 ~ 1.87)
0.71
(0.19 ~ 1.67)
0.67
(0.18 ~ 1.66)
1.07
(0.29 ~ 2.62)
0.98
(0.34 ~ 2.25)
0.57
(0.17 ~ 1.35)
1.07
(0.27 ~ 2.91)
1.82
(0.41 ~ 5.85)
0.61
(0.24 ~ 1.21)
1.00
(0.71 ~ 1.39)
0.13
(−0.03 ~ 0.28)

a: Immunogenicity data were obtained 14 days after the first vaccination dose. b: NR represents not reported. *: Difference was statistically significant.