ovalbumin and Yellow-Fever

Yellow fever vaccine contains ovalbumin, and guidelines for vaccination of egg allergic patients vary widely. We present our experience of administering yellow fever vaccine to 11 egg-allergic children, including 3 with anaphylaxis to egg, in 2 Australian tertiary pediatric hospitals. There was variation in the vaccination protocols used; however, all patients were successfully vaccinated and no serious adverse events were reported.

Topics: Adolescent; Australia; Child; Child, Preschool; Egg Hypersensitivity; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Ovalbumin; Tertiary Care Centers; Vaccination; Yellow Fever; Yellow Fever Vaccine

Quantitation of soluble residual host protein in chicken embryo-derived vaccines was performed rapidly, economically, and accurately by radial immunodiffusion.

Topics: Animals; Chick Embryo; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Immune Sera; Immunodiffusion; Immunoelectrophoresis; Influenza Vaccines; Measles Vaccine; Methods; Ovalbumin; Proteins; Rabbits; Smallpox Vaccine; Viral Vaccines; Yellow Fever