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Vaccine side effects
Common side effects occur soon after vaccination and last one to 2 days. Generally, no treatment is required.
This factsheet covers the following vaccines:
- Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-(whooping cough)-polio
- Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough)
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
- Hepatitis B
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Influenza
- Measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (chickenpox)
- Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine
- Meningococcal ACWY
- Meningococcal B
- Pneumococcal vaccine
- Polio
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Rotavirus
- Varicella (chickenpox)
- Zoster (shingles)
Find more information on the Health.Vic website(opens in a new window).
- Organisation:
- Topic:
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- VIC
- Published:
- July 2025
- Last reviewed:
- June 2026
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