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International Ballroom F
Tuesday, March 7, 2006: 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

D4: Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS)

Presenters in this workshop will discuss vaccine safety signals from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including influenza vaccine safety in adults and a study of Guillain-Barré syndrome among recipients of meningococcal conjugate vaccine.
Moderator:Scott Campbell
9:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
9:05 AMInfluenza Vaccine Safety in Adults: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 1990-2004
Penina Haber, John Iskander, Guillermo Herrera, Kimp Walton, Frank DeStefano
9:25 AMGuillain-Barré Syndrome among Recipients of Menactra® Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (MCV4)
Fatma A. Soud, John Iskander, Katrin Kohl, Scott Campbell, Penina Haber, James Sejvar, Christine Casey, Elaine Miller, Laura Leidel, Eric Weintraub, Colin Marchant, Thomas Clark, Martha Iwamoto
9:45 AMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC