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Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) vaccine data for Present
Description
A table containing the "remaining vaccine information (e.g., vaccine name, manufacturer, lot number, route, site, and number of previous doses administered), for each of the vaccines listed in Box 13 of the VAERS form. There is a matching record in this file with the VAERSDATA file identified by VAERS_ID."
vaersNDvax provides the Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) vaccine data for Present. "VAERS is a national vaccine safety surveillance program co-sponsored by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of vaccines licensed for use in the United States."
Usage
vaersNDvax
Format
A data.table data frame with 77,784 rows and 8 variables:
- VAERS_ID
VAERS Identification Number
- VAX_TYPE
Administered Vaccine Type
- VAX_MANU
Vaccine Manufacturer
- VAX_LOT
Manufacturer's Vaccine Lot
- VAX_DOSE
Number of previous doses administered
- VAX_ROUTE
Vaccination Route
- VAX_SITE
Vaccination Site
- VAX_NAME
Vaccination Name
Source
VAERS https://vaers.hhs.gov/index
References
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/index and https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/READMEJanuary2015.pdf.
Examples
library(data.table)
vaersNDvax