The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System has received reports of allergic reactions following immunization with egg-free recombinant influenza vaccine, among patients with a self-reported egg allergy or previous allergic reaction to inactivated influenza vaccine. These results suggest that allergic reactions following influenza vaccination are not necessarily related to egg proteins.
Keywords: allergy; egg; hypersensitivity; influenza; vaccine.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.