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During the 2010-2011 influenza season, the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink project noted a slight increase in the risk for febrile seizures (~1 seizure per 2000-3000 children) in children who received the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) simultaneously. Seizures were most common in children aged 6–23 months, and the slight increase in risk is noted in vaccine information sheets. To examine the incidence of fever following these vaccinations during the 2011–2012 influenza season (November–April) in the New York City area, investigators utilized text messaging to follow children aged 6–23 months who received both vaccines.
Families were instructed to take the child's temperature nightly for…