Risk of encephalitis and meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea: a self-controlled case series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several neurological manifestations shortly after a receipt of coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine have been described in the recent case reports. Among those, we sought to evaluate the risk of encephalitis and meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination in the entire South Korean population.

Methods

We conducted self-controlled case series (SCCS) analysis using the COVID-19 immunization record data from the Korea Disease Control Agency between February 2021 and March 2022, linked with the National Health Insurance Database between January 2021 and October 2022. We retrieved all medical claims of adults aged 18 years or older who received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines (BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, ChAdOx1-S, or Ad26.COV2.S), and included only those w

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941581 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature