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Thrombocytopenia

Rare side effect more frequent after adenovirus-based covid-19 vaccine than after mRNA vaccine

AstraZeneca’s adenovirus-based covid-19 vaccine is associated with a 30 percent increased risk of the rare side effect thrombocytopenia, or too few platelets, compared to Pfizer’s mRNA covid-19 vaccine. This has been confirmed by research coordinated by Erasmus MC’s Department of Medical Informatics, published in The BMJ.

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