Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. Electronic address: ilyy812@hotmail.com
  • 2 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Quest International University, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Forensic Medicine, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
Forensic Sci Int, 2022 Nov;340:111469.
PMID: 36162300 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111469

Abstract

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in December 2019. An immediate prevention approach for the outbreak is the development of a vaccination program. Despite a growing number of publications showing the effectiveness of vaccination in preventing SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and reducing the mortality rate, substantial fatal adverse effects were reported after vaccination. Confirmation of the causal relationship of death is required to reimburse under the national vaccination program and could provide a reference for the selection of vaccination. However, a lack of guidelines in the laboratory study and autopsy approach hampered the investigation of post-vaccination death. In this paper, we performed a systematic electronic search on scientific articles related to severe Covid-19 vaccination adverse effects and approaches in identifying the severe side effects using PubMed and Cochrane libraries. A summary on the onset, biochemistry changes and histopathological analyzes of major lethally side effects post-vaccination were discussed. Ultimately, a checklist is suggested to improve the quality of investigation.

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