Adverse Reactions

Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Risk of CNS Inflammatory Demyelination in Childhood

Captured 2023-03-27
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We conducted a population-based case-control study where the cases were children with a first episode of acute CNS inflammatory demyelination in France…

When the analysis was restricted to subjects compliant with vaccination, HB vaccine exposure >3 years before index date was associated with an increased trend… essentially from the Engerix B vaccine…

The OR [odds ratio] was particularly elevated for this [vaccine] in patients with confirmed multiple sclerosis.

[T]he Engerix B vaccine appears to increase [the risk of CNS inflammatory demyelination in childhood], particularly for confirmed multiple sclerosis, in the longer term.