Human Illness Associated with Use of Veterinary Vaccines

Veterinary vaccines are being used with increasing frequency in the United States to protect the health of animals. However, humans may be inadvertently exposed to these products by means of unintentional inoculation or other routes of exposure. The potential for both exposure and for adverse conseq...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2003-08, Vol.37 (3), p.407-414
Main Author: Berkelman, Ruth L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Diseases - prevention & control
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Bordetella bronchiseptica
Bordetella Infections - prevention & control
Brucella Vaccine - adverse effects
Brucellosis
Brucellosis - prevention & control
Cats
Disease - etiology
Diseases
Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment
Emerging Infections
Humans
Infections
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous (drug allergy, mutagens, teratogens...)
Occupational Exposure
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Rabies Vaccines - adverse effects
Vaccination
Vaccination - veterinary
Vaccines - administration & dosage
Vaccines - adverse effects
Vaccinia virus
Veterinary drugs
Veterinary medicine
Viruses
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Summary:Veterinary vaccines are being used with increasing frequency in the United States to protect the health of animals. However, humans may be inadvertently exposed to these products by means of unintentional inoculation or other routes of exposure. The potential for both exposure and for adverse consequences secondary to exposure to veterinary vaccines may be growing. With the exception of brucellosis vaccines, there have been few reports of suspected or confirmed adverse events in humans associated with the use of animal vaccines, but it is unclear whether that is because few adverse events occur or because adverse events are not recognized and/or reported. Results of a search for relevant literature and of communications with health officials at governmental and private institutions suggest that enhanced efforts are needed to recognize and to prevent human illness associated with use of veterinary vaccines.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/375595