Childhood Vaccines

Recent News

Sep 30, 2013

News Scan for Sep 30, 2013

Vaccine exemptions and pertussis
Resistant enterococci in ICUs
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan
Polio in Pakistan
Sep 27, 2013

News Scan for Sep 27, 2013

H7N9 vaccine strain selection
Vaccine research funding
Tdap vaccine shortage
Sep 12, 2013

CDC notes solid childhood vaccine coverage, measles concerns

Though toddler vaccine levels remain high, recent measles outbreaks have raised concern.

Sep 06, 2013

News Scan for Sep 06, 2013

Response to GAO poultry-plan report
Pertussis in Texas
Tularemia in Massachusetts
US, European West Nile
Sep 05, 2013

News Scan for Sep 05, 2013

Call for 24/7 disease-notification feed
Measles in the Netherlands
Aug 29, 2013

News Scan for Aug 29, 2013

US adolescent vaccination rates
Salmonella in spices
Aug 01, 2013

News Scan for Aug 01, 2013

US kindergarten vaccination
NDM-1 in France
H5N1 in Nepal
Rabies in Taiwan
Jul 17, 2013

News Scan for Jul 17, 2013

West Nile recap
Flu vaccine effectiveness
Tdap vaccine protection
Jul 11, 2013

News Scan for Jul 11, 2013

WHO MERS-CoV count
Mild H7N9 cases
Effects of pneumococcal vaccine
New virus in dolphin
Jun 20, 2013

News Scan for Jun 20, 2013

'Cytokine storm' study
Flu vaccine impact
GI eruptions at Yellowstone
Vaccine exemptions in Oregon

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Safety of vaccines used for routine immunization of adults (including pregnant women) and children. (Draft) Jun 25, 2013 (comment period open through Jul 22)

Amirthalingam G. Strategies to control pertussis in infants. Arch Dis Child 2013 Jul;98(7):552-5

CDC. National and state vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13-17 years—United States, 2012. MMWR 2013 Aug 30;62(34):685-93

CDC. National, state, and local area vaccination coverage among children aged 19-35 months — United States, 2012. MMWR 2013 Sep 13;62(36):733-40

CDC. Vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten—United States, 2012-13 school year. MMWR 2013 Aug 2;62(30):607-12

Collins S, Ramsay M, Campbell H, et al. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in England and Wales: who is at risk after 2 decades of routine childhood vaccination? Clin Infect Dis 2013 Nov 1;57(9)

Fields R, Dabbagh A, Jain M, et al. Moving forward with strengthening routine immunization delivery as part of measles and rubella elimination activities. Vaccine 2013 Apr 18;31 Suppl 2:B115-21

Markowitz LE, Hariri S, Lin C, et al. Reduction in human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among young women following HPV vaccine introduction in the United States, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2003-2010. J Infect Dis 2013 Aug 1;208(3):385-93

McCarthy NL, Irving S, Donahue JG, et al. Vaccination coverage levels among children enrolled in the Vaccine Safety Datalink. Vaccine 2013 (published online Oct 14) 

McLean HQ, Fiebelkorn AP, Temte JL, et al. Prevention of measles, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, and mumps, 2013: summary recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 2013 Jun 14;62(RR04):1-34

Mitchell P, Turner N, Jennings L, et al. Previous vaccination modifies both the clinical disease and immunological features in children with measles. J Prim Health Care 2013 Jun 1;5(2):93-8

Moss JL, Gilkey MB, Griffith T, et al. Organizational correlates of adolescent immunization: findings of a state-wide study of primary care clinics in North Carolina. Vaccine 2013 Sep;31(40):4436-41

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