Monitoring Anthrax Vaccine Safety in US Military Service Members on Active Duty: Surveillance of Hospitalizations in Temporal Association with Immunization 1998
Abstract
We studied military medical hospitalizations for possible temporal associations with anthrax immunization in U.S. military personnel on active duty in 1998. Anthrax immunization, demographic, and hospitalization data were linked and analyzed using Cox proportional hazards modeling for hospitalization within 42 days of an anthrax vaccine dose. Discharge diagnoses were aggregated into 14 International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnostic categories. Approximately 11% of active-duty personnel received one or more doses of anthrax vaccine during 1998; those anthrax immunized were more likely to be younger and male. Lower hospitalization rates were observed in the anthrax- immunized, across doses and diagnostic categories. Adjusted risk ratios for hospitalization by diagnostic category suggests that anthrax-immunized active-duty service members were at equal or lesser risk of hospitalization than the nonimmunized.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA421216
Entities
People
- Linda Wang
- Paul A. Sato
- Robert John Reed
- Tyler Clain Smith
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center