Infectious Disease

• In the Journals

• Children in Calif. pertussis outbreak less likely to receive five-dose DTaP series

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• Among children in 15 California counties, children with pertussis exhibited lower odds of having received all five doses of the diphtheria and tetanus...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Parental discussion key to improving HPV immunization rates

• November 26, 2012
• NEW YORK — Providing parents with the appropriate information regarding HPV vaccine and its benefits is important. But according to Kenneth A....More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Parental discussion key to improving HPV immunization rates

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• NEW YORK — Providing parents with the appropriate information regarding HPV vaccine and its benefits is important. But according to Kenneth A....More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• A third dose of MMR vaccine may result in decreased disease spread during a mumps outbreak

• Infectious Diseases in Children, December 2012
• Giving a third dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may have helped decrease the mumps attack rate by as much as 96% among adolescents in an...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• A third dose of MMR vaccine may result in decreased disease spread during a mumps outbreak

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• Giving a third dose of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may have helped decrease the mumps attack rate by as much as 96% among adolescents in an...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves Flucelvax influenza vaccine

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• The FDA has approved the first seasonal influenza vaccine that was produced using cultured animal cells, instead of fertilized chicken eggs.
  The vaccine,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Improvement needed in vaccine coverage rates

• November 21, 2012
• NEW YORK — Improvement of routine immunization rates is important and should begin with pediatricians and office staff.
  Mark H. Sawyer, MD, professor...More »

• In the Journals

• Zoster vaccine efficacy diminishes with time

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• The efficacy of the zoster vaccine was lower in the Short-Term Persistence Substudy compared with the Shingles Prevention Study, researchers for the...More »

• In the Journals

• Pneumococcal vaccine reduced invasive disease, lacked effect on nasal colonization

• November 16, 2012
• Results of a nationwide study indicate that a new conjugate vaccine is highly effective at preventing invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged...More »

• In the Journals

• Oseltamivir effective when administered early for H5N1

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• Oseltamivir worked best when given early, before onset of respiratory failure among people with influenza virus A subtype H5N1, according to recent data.
  “Avian...More »

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