Journal article
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 vaccination: Description of a series of 39 cases in Brazil
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Describe a case series of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) after COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil that included ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, Ad26.COV2.S and BNT162b2 vaccines, describing their clinical and laboratory characteristics.
METHODOLOGY: Descriptive case series study using Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz/AstraZeneca Brazil and National Immunization Program/Ministry of Health (NIP/MoH) data on COVID-19 AEFI surveillance. We …
Authors
de Oliveira PMN; Mendes-de-Almeida DP; Porto VBG; Cordeiro CC; Teixeira GV; Pedro RS; Takey PRG; Lignani LK; Xavier JR; da Gama VCD
Journal
Vaccine, Vol. 40, No. 33, pp. 4788–4795
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.014
ISSN
0264-410X