Open AccessAllergy to IXIARO and BIKEN Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines
Author(s) -
McCallum Andrew D.,
Jones Michael E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12001
Subject(s) - medicine , virology , japanese encephalitis , encephalitis , japanese encephalitis vaccine , virus , antigen , immunology
We describe an allergic reaction to both mouse brain‐derived BIKEN and Vero cell‐derived IXIARO Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccines in a single traveler. In the absence of the stabilizers and murine proteins in the BIKEN vaccine, a common factor in both vaccines is likely to be responsible, possibly JE virus antigen itself.