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Vaccine–adverse-event association databases

Cross-referencing the Brighton/SPEAC AESI list, VAERS consensus signals (rankv), and this site's documented events

A candidate-enumeration aid, not a safety assessment. It maps which adverse events appear on an internationally-vetted case-definition list (Brighton/SPEAC), which surface as statistical disproportionality signals in VAERS (rankv — GPS+PRR+ROR+BCPNN consensus), and which are documented on this site. Appearing in any column is not evidence of causation. The gap list is auto-derived and unreviewed and still contains some non-adverse-event artifacts.
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Brighton/SPEAC AESI case definitions
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rankv consensus AE signals
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documented AEs on this site
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signals not on Brighton's list

Gap: VAERS consensus signals not on the Brighton AESI list

These adverse events show a rank-aggregated VAERS disproportionality signal but do not appear on Brighton's expert-curated AESI case-definition list. Per the source strategy, a genuine mismatch is a candidate worth checking — but many entries here are breakthrough-disease, pregnancy-context, or reporting artifacts rather than true events of interest. Treat as a triage queue, not findings.

Adverse event (rankv signal)Vaccine(s)# vaccines
Gastrointestinal haemorrhagedtap, polio, rotavirus3
Alopeciahepatitis-b1
Arthralgiammr1
Autoimmune disorderhepatitis-b1
Constipationrotavirus1
Exposure during pregnancyhpv1
Exposure via direct contactinfluenza1
Hepatitishepatitis-b1
Herpes zostershingles1
Injection site hypersensitivitypcv1
Injection site oedemapcv1
Intestinal obstructionrotavirus1
Laryngospasminfluenza1
Lymphadenopathymmr1
No therapeutic responsehepatitis-b1
Oedemammr1
Osteoarthritismmr1
Pharyngitismmr1
Post herpetic neuralgiashingles1
Post-tussive vomitingdtap1
Rash generalisedmmr1
Rash maculo-papularmmr1
Skin striaepcv1
Therapeutic response decreasedhepatitis-b1
Underdoseinfluenza1
Uveitishepatitis-b1
Vasodilatationpcv1

Prior manual candidates vs. external lists

ConditionOn Brighton AESIrankv signalDocumented on site
Small-fibre neuropathy (SFN)nonono
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)nonono
Post-acute COVID-vaccination syndrome (PACVS)nonono

SFN, POTS and PACVS appear on none of the external AESI/ontology lists — itself a data point: the international AESI process has not prioritised them, which cuts both ways and should be stated plainly rather than glossed.

Brighton/SPEAC AESI case definitions (scraped reference)

Sources: Brighton Collaboration case-definition library (brightoncollaboration.org/case-definitions, scraped); rankv consensus signals (rankv_signals.json); site documented AEs (data/mechanism/vaccine_ae_map.json). VICP/CICP tables and the OVAE ontology are complementary sources noted in the strategy but not merged here. Reproducible: build_aesi_candidate_index.py. Candidate-enumeration aid; hypothesis-generating only.

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