LOW INCIDENCE OF ADVERSE EXPERIENCES AFTER MEASLES OR MEASLES-RUBELLAMASS REVACCINATION AT A COLLEGE CAMPUS

A postvaccination questionnaire and review of student and employee cli nic visits were carried out at Notre Dame University in the spring of 1990 after mass campus revaccination with measles or measles-rubella v accines in the autumn of 1989, in order to assess the incidence of adv erse experiences after revaccination. Rates of adverse experiences (AE ), which included chiefly local injection site discomfort and flu-like symptoms, among respondents were 6.6% and 13.4%, male and female stud ents, respectively, and 9.3% and 25%, male and female employees, respe ctively. Rates of joint-related complaints (4%) were lower than report ed after primary vaccination, particularly in young adult women. AEs i n general, and joint reaction rates in particular, were generally mild and transient, and only 0.23% resulted in a clinic visit. Revaccinati on of prior vaccinees appears to be associated with relatively low AE rates.