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New
Vaccine
Surveillance Network
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At
a glance:
The goal of the NVSN program is to evaluate the impact
of new vaccines and vaccine policies through a network
of sites in the U.S. The current NVSN sites are affiliated
with the University of Rochester, Vanderbilt University,
and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
The NVSN sites conduct population-based inpatient and
enhanced outpatient surveillance for vaccine-preventable
disease outcomes, applied epidemiologic and health service
research, and investigator-initiated studies to achieve
the goals of the network. |
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The
New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN)
was established in 1999 to evaluate
the impact of new vaccines and vaccine
policies through active sentinel surveillance
at three U.S. medical centers. These
NVSN sentinel sites include the University
of Rochester in Rochester NY, Vanderbilt
University in Nashville Tennessee,
and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The sites conduct population-based
inpatient and enhanced outpatient
surveillance for vaccine-preventable
disease outcomes, applied epidemiologic
and health service research, and investigator-initiated
studies to achieve the goals of the
network.
The program complements existing surveillance programs for vaccine-preventable diseases by conducting seasonal active population-based surveillance for hospitalizations associated with acute respiratory illness (ARI) and acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children who reside within the counties under NVSN surveillance (Monroe County NY, Davidson County TN, Hamilton County OH). Active surveillance is also conducted in emergency departments and outpatient clinics.
Specimens
are collected for laboratory testing
for both ARI and AGE surveillance.
ARI specimens are tested using viral
culture and RT-PCR for respiratory
pathogens. The viruses tested depend
on study year and setting and have
included influenza A and B annually
as well as RSV, parainfluenza, human
metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, bocavirus,
and coronaviruses for selected years.
AGE specimens are tested for rotavirus
antigens using an EIA and positive
specimens undergo typing using RT-PCR.
In
addition to surveillance, the NVSN has
conducted special studies regarding new
vaccines/vaccine recommendations including
vaccine effectiveness, feasibility/KAP
of implementing new vaccine recommendation,
uptake and impact of vaccination with
influenza and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
(PCV7), and collected data on other childhood
vaccines. Although new vaccines and vaccine
policies have focused on young children
with ARI and AGE, the NVSN is not restricted
to this age group or to respiratory and
enteric pathogens. Future activities may
include other vaccines that are in development.
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| Current
NVSN
Partners |
- University
of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry,
Rochester, NY
- Principal
Investigator:
Peter Szilagyi, MD, MPH
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Co-Principal Investigators:
Caroline Hall, MD and Geoff
Weinberg, MD
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- Vanderbilt
University School of
Medicine,
Nashville, TN
- Principal
Investigator: Kathryn
Edwards, MD
- Co-Principal
Investigator:
Marie Griffin, MD, MPH
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- Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital
Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
- Principal
Investigator: Mary
Allen Staat, MD, MPH
- Co-Principal
Investigator: Gerry
Fairbrother, PhD
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- Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention, National Immunization
Program,
Atlanta, GA
- ARI
Principal Investigator/Project
Officer: Marika Iwane,
PhD, MPH
- AGE
Principal Investigator/Project
Officer: Daniel Payne,
PhD, MSPH
- CDC
Surveillance Coordinators:
Lauren Stockman, MPH,
and Haley Clayton, MPH
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- ARI
- Population-based
seasonal surveillance of children
<12 years of age hospitalized for
fever/ARI.
- Surveillance
for respiratory viruses in children
<13 years of age with medically-attended
visits for fever/ARI
in emergency departments and outpatient
practices.
- Assessing
clinical and other risk factors
for serious ARI outcomes among young
children and disease/risk subgroups.
- Assessing
influenza vaccine effectiveness
in young children.
- Assessing
missed opportunities for influenza
vaccination and impact of new vaccine
recommendations on the childhood
vaccination schedule.
- Assessing
direct and indirect economic costs
of influenza for inpatient and outpatient
care through household interviews and
chart reviews.
- Feasibility
of implementing expanded recommendations
for influenza vaccination of young
children through surveys, time motion
studies, and database assessment of
visit burden on practices.
- Measuring
the impact of PCV7 on disease burden
in infants and young children using
insurance claims databases.
- Assessing
the impact of PCV7 on the number
of vaccination visits and shots,
delivery of other vaccines, and
disease outcomes.
- Assessing
provider practices during
the PCV7 shortage in 2001-03 with
provider surveys and chart reviews
in a sample of practices to assess
compliance with vaccine recommendations.
- AGE
- Population-based
seasonal surveillance for rotavirus
among children <3
years of age hospitalized for
acute gatstroenteritis.
- Surveillance
for rotavirus among children
<3 years of age with medically-attended
visits for acute gastroenteritis
in emergency departments
and outpatient practices.
- Characterizing the clinical and epidemiologic factors of children having rotavirus AGE resulting in hospitalizations, emergency department, and outpatient office visits
- Assessing
rotavirus vaccine effectiveness
using both a case-control
and a case-cohort study
- Assessing
serious health outcomes related
to rotavirus gastroenteritis
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Note: Supplemental funding from non-CDC
sources provided support for some of
these studies.
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