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Article: Oculorespiratory syndrome: adverse event from flu vaccine identified.(Clinical Rounds)
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- OB GYN News
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- September 1, 2004
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NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Oculorespiratory syndrome is a newly recognized--but apparently not new--adverse event following influenza immunization, Dr. Nooshin Ahmadipour said at the National Immunization Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During the 2000-2001 influenza season, Canadian health authorities received an unusually large number of reports of ocular and respiratory signs and symptoms following influenza immunization. Dubbed oculorespiratory syndrome (ORS), the previously unrecognized and mostly mild phenomenon was linked to one particular manufacturer's vaccine that contained a high level of unsplit virion (Can. Commun. ...