Package 'vaersvax'

Title: US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Vaccine Data for Present
Description: US VAERS vaccine data for 01/01/2018 - 06/14/2018. If you want to explore the full VAERS data for 1990 - Present (data, symptoms, and vaccines), then check out the 'vaers' package from the URL below. The URL and BugReports below correspond to the 'vaers' package, of which 'vaersvax' is a small subset (2018 only). 'vaers' is not hosted on CRAN due to the large size of the data set. To install the Suggested 'vaers' and 'vaersND' packages, use the following R code: 'devtools::install_git("<https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaers.git>", build_vignettes = TRUE)' and 'devtools::install_git("<https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaersND.git>", build_vignettes = TRUE)'. "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>.
Authors: Irucka Embry [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Irucka Embry <[email protected]>
License: CC0
Version: 1.0.5
Built: 2024-11-06 02:55:25 UTC
Source: https://github.com/cran/vaersvax

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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