Resumen

CHONG OSORIA, Oslaida; PEREZ ALMEIDA, María de los Ángeles  y  BARRERO AGUILAR, María Elena. Adverse events associated with vaccination in children under 2 years of age. Granma Province. 2014-2018. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.5, pp.940-957. ISSN 1028-4818.

A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with the aim of describing adverse events associated with vaccination in children under 2 years of age in Granma province during the period January 2014 to January 2018. The universe consisted of 2074 reports reported to the surveillance system through Surveys established by the MINSAP Extended Immunization Program (Model 84-30-2). The most affected age group was 1 to 6 months (65.0%), female predominance (54.1%), the Heberpenta vaccine was the highest reactogenicity with a specific rate of 813.8 x 105 doses applied, mild common events prevailed (fever, local reaction, irritability) with 91.1%. According to the application site the largest reports of adverse events corresponded to the use of the intramuscular pathway and the application in the anterolateral face of the thigh (CALM), with more than 95.0% of the cases reported. With all these results it was concluded that adverse events were more common in infants, predominantly systemic adverse events and these the most prevalent fever. Of local adverse events, pain and induration at the injection site were the most common events. There were no noticeable differences by sex. There were no aftermath, no deaths.

Palabras clave : Vaccination; Drug-related side effects and adverse reactions.

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