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Wed 12 Dec 2008Allergic reactions to cervical cancer vaccine rare, Australian study shows
ALLERGIC REACTIONS to cervical cancer vaccine are rare, a study of Australian schoolgirls immunised since April 2007 has found.
Following the administration of more than 380,000 doses of the HPV vaccine Gardasil to girls in the Australian states of Victoria and South Australia, some 35 girls were reported to have had a possible hypersensitivity (allergic) reaction to the vaccine, one of two licensed for use worldwide. Dr Sharon Coo, consultant allergist at Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, and her colleagues tested 25 of these girls who accepted an offer of a detailed evaluation of their symptoms.
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