News collect the numbers. Hopefully that will lead us to reassure people at large about this
kind of vaccine.” In total, 24 Canadians had experienced anaphylactic reactions to the …

The unpublished clinical trial, coordinated by Dr. Gaston De Serres, an epidemiologist at the
Quebec Institute of Public Health, involved work with four allergists in the province who …

Background The publicity of the H1N1 pandemic increased the demand for flu vaccination
including in the egg allergic. The MMR protocol is safe but cumbersome. A simpler but less …

While the adjuvanted monovalent 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine [Arepanrix]
contains residual egg protein, it appears to be safe in children with egg allergy, according to …

BACKGROUND: The safety of H1N1 vaccine is unknown in egg allergic (EA) recipients.
OBJECTIVES: To establish the safety of administering H1N1 vaccine and to evaluate the …

BACKGROUND: Because influenza vaccine contains some residual egg protein, there is a
theoretic risk of anaphylaxis when vaccinating patients with egg allergy. The objective of this …

Background H1N1 is responsible for the first influenza pandemic in 41 years. In the fall of
2009, an H1N1 vaccine became available in Canada with the hopes of reducing the overall …

Up until just a few years ago, the administration of influenza vaccine to patients with egg
allergy was contraindicated based on the not-illogical concern that the injection of a vaccine …

Methods Publications summarizing experience following influenza vaccination of egg-
allergic persons were retrieved. Frequencies of critical (death, anaphylaxis, hospitalizations) …

Egg allergy is a contraindication for influenza vaccination because of the presence of trace
egg protein. Although recent reports suggest that egg-allergic individuals can be safely …