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Immunizations - travel vaccinations - Management
What are the adverse effects of poliomyelitis vaccine?
- Pain, swelling, or redness at the injection site are common and may occur more frequently following subsequent doses. A small, painless nodule may form at the injection site; this usually disappears and is of no consequence.
- Confirmed anaphylaxis occurs extremely rarely. Data from the UK, Canada, and the USA point to rates of 0.65–3 anaphylaxis events per million doses of vaccine given.
[DH, 2006c]
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