[Adverse effects of the human papillomavirus vaccine].

Objective: To describe the most frequent adverse reactions produced by the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study using a telephone survey.

Setting: A province in the Andalusian Public Health System.

Participants: Females vaccinated against HPV in Andalusia, selected by simple random sampling representative of the province.

Main Measurements: A total of 3,135 telephone calls were made by the public service "Health Answers" using telephone operators supervised by health personnel.

Results: Of the 2,880 calls that fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 1,207 people (41.9% response) took part in the survey. Of the 2,124 surveys made there was some type of adverse reaction (fever, inflammation, pain or rash) in 467 doses (22%): 6.6% was fever, 49.5% inflammation, 72.4% pain, and 6% a rash.

Conclusions: It can be said that HPV vaccine is safe, which is in agreement with that published in the summary of the product characteristics and in the literature.