The findings reveal a slight increase in risk after adenovirus vaccines, which should be taken into account when organizing immunization campaigns and planning future vaccine development. A new study recently published in The BMJ provides further information on the risk of developing thrombosis w
The scientists emphasize that the condition is incredibly rare, but should still be taken into account.
TTS occurs when an individual has both blood clots and low platelet counts . It is very rare and distinct from other types of clotting conditions such as deep vein thrombosis or lung clots . To minimize possible error, participants were matched by age and sex and a range of other potentially influential factors such as pre-existing conditions and medication use were taken into account.
A total of 862 thrombocytopenia events were found in the matched first dose Oxford-AstraZeneca recipients from Germany and the UK, and 520 events after a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech.
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