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US 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."
vaersvax provides the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) vaccine data for the Present. "The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national early warning system to detect possible safety problems in U.S.-licensed vaccines. VAERS is co-managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." For more information about the data, visit <https://vaers.hhs.gov/>. For information about vaccination/immunization hazards, visit <http://www.questionuniverse.com/rethink.html#vaccine>.
Usage
vaersvax
Format
A data.table data frame with 19,016 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/
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/ and https://vaers.hhs.gov/docs/VAERSDataUseGuide_October2017.pdf.
Examples
library("data.table")
vaersvax