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Title: Mass psychogenic illness following tetanus-diphtheria toxoid vaccination in Jordan
Author: Kharabsheh S, Al-Otoum H, Clements J, Abbas A, Khuri-Bulos N, Belbesi A, Gaafar T, Dellepiane N.
Abstract:
In September 1998, more than 800 young people in Jordan believed they had suffered from the side-effects of tetanus-diphtheria toxoid vaccine administered at school; 122 of them were admitted to hospital. For the vast majority, their symptoms did not
Journal: Bull World Health Organ. 2001;79(8):764-70. Epub 2001 Oct 24