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Vaccines and Allergic reactions: The past, the current COVID-19 pandemic, and future perspectives

  • Vanitha Sampath
  • , Grace Rabinowitz
  • , Mihir Shah
  • , Surabhi Jain
  • , Zuzana Diamant
  • , Milos Jesenak
  • , Ronald Rabin
  • , Stefan Vieths
  • , Ioana Agache
  • , M. beccel Akdis
  • , Domingo Barber
  • , Heimo Breiteneder
  • , Sharon Chinthrajah
  • , Tomas Chivato
  • , William Collins
  • , Thomas Eiwegger
  • , Katharine Fast
  • , Wytske Fokkens
  • , Robyn E. O'Hehir
  • , Markus Ollert
  • Liam O'Mahony, Oscar Palomares, Oliver Pfaar, Carmen Riggioni, Mohamed H. Shamji, Milena Sokolowska, Maria Jose Torres, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Menno van Zelm, De Yun Wang, Luo Zhang, Cezmi A. Akdis, Kari C. Nadeau*
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Stanford University
  • KU Leuven
  • Lund University
  • University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Charles University
  • University Hospital in Bratislava
  • United States Food and Drug Administration
  • Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
  • Transilvania University of Brasov
  • University of Zurich
  • Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, School of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Moncada, Spain
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • CEU Universities
  • University of Toronto
  • Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  • Monash University
  • Luxembourg Institute of Health
  • University of Southern Denmark
  • University College Cork
  • Complutense University
  • University of Marburg
  • National University of Singapore
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research Group, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
  • Imperial College London
  • Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, London, UK
  • Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya
  • Augsburg University
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Capital Medical University

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Abstract

Vaccines are essential public health tools with a favorable safety profile and prophylactic effectiveness that have historically played significant roles in reducing infectious disease burden in populations, when the majority of individuals are vaccinated. The COVID-19 vaccines are expected to have similar positive impacts on health across the globe. While serious allergic reactions to vaccines are rare, their underlying mechanisms and implications for clinical management should be considered to provide individuals with the safest care possible. In this review, we provide an overview of different types of allergic adverse reactions that can potentially occur after vaccination and individual vaccine components capable of causing the allergic adverse reactions. We present the incidence of allergic adverse reactions during clinical studies and through post-authorization and post-marketing surveillance and provide plausible causes of these reactions based on potential allergenic components present in several common vaccines. Additionally, we review implications for individual diagnosis and management and vaccine manufacturing overall. Finally, we suggest areas for future research.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1640-1660
Number of pages21
JournalAllergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume76
Issue number6
Early online date2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • allergy
  • anaphylaxis
  • vaccine

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