{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["79(2)"],"submitter":["Inokuma Y"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Erroneous reports of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) likely exacerbated the 2013 collapse of Japan's HPV immunization program. A similar phenomenon characterized the first months of COVID-19 immunization programs in the USA, UK, and Japan with high rates of reported anaphylaxis. These reports illustrate the susceptibility of supposedly objective medical judgments to public anxiety.<h4>Purpose and methods</h4>This study documents inaccuracies in reported AEFIs using three quantitative methods.<h4>Results</h4>One of these quantitative methods revealed that false-positive rates for anaphylaxis reports following HPV and later COVID-19 vaccination ranged from 74 to 91 percent. However, unlike HPV vaccinations in Japan, anaphylaxis reports following COVID-19 va"],"journal":["European journal of clinical pharmacology"],"pagination":["269-278"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9759036"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Imprecision in adverse event reports following immunization against HPV in Japan and COVID-19 in the USA, UK, and Japan-and the effects of vaccine hesitancy and government policy."],"pmcid":["PMC9759036"],"pubmed_authors":["Kneller R","Inokuma Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Imprecision in adverse event reports following immunization against HPV in Japan and COVID-19 in the USA, UK, and Japan-and the effects of vaccine hesitancy and government policy.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Erroneous reports of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) likely exacerbated the 2013 collapse of Japan's HPV immunization program. A similar phenomenon characterized the first months of COVID-19 immunization programs in the USA, UK, and Japan with high rates of reported anaphylaxis. These reports illustrate the susceptibility of supposedly objective medical judgments to public anxiety.<h4>Purpose and methods</h4>This study documents inaccuracies in reported AEFIs using three quantitative methods.<h4>Results</h4>One of these quantitative methods revealed that false-positive rates for anaphylaxis reports following HPV and later COVID-19 vaccination ranged from 74 to 91 percent. However, unlike HPV vaccinations in Japan, anaphylaxis reports following COVID-19 va","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Feb","modification":"2025-08-30T03:12:09.038Z","creation":"2025-04-05T10:06:33.142Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9759036","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36527455"],"doi":["10.1007/s00228-022-03412-0"]}}