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Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases 3rd Edition, 2002

The Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases provides current guidelines for those directly involved in surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases, especially personnel at the local health departments. For each of the vaccine-preventable diseases, this manual includes a chapter describing the importance of rapid case identification; the importance of surveillance; disease reduction goals; case definitions (including clinical description and case classifications); epidemiologically important data to be collected during case investigation; activities for enhancing surveillance; activities for case investigation; and activities for outbreak control. Other chapters include information on surveillance indicators; surveillance data analyses; reporting adverse events following vaccination; and enhancing surveillance. In addition, the manual includes a section reserved for insertion of state-specific guidance for VPD surveillance and extensive appendices.

This manual is available only through this website and is no longer offered in a printed version. Offering the manual online keeps the manual as current as possible. As changes occur, the chapters will be replaced with updated versions.

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Compressed Section Bundles
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	All Front Matter (.zip 21MB) Warning: file size is large and will take a while to download.
	All Chapters (.zip 1.0MB)
	All Appendices (.zip 7.07MB)

Individual Downloads
The individual files of the 2002 Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases are listed below.
List of Front Matter
	Cover (.pdf 22.8MB**) Warning: file size is large and will take a while to download.
	Spine (.pdf 13.4 MB**) Warning: file size is large and will take a while to download.
	Title Pages (titles and acknowledgements)  (.pdf 11.9KB)
	Acronyms  (.pdf 11KB)
	Definitions of Terms  (.pdf 12.5KB)
	Table of Contents  (.pdf 6.57KB)
	Introduction  (.pdf 9.35KB)
List of Chapters
	Chapter 1:	Diphtheria  (.pdf 55.7KB)
	Chapter 2:	Haemophilus influenzae type b  (.pdf 43.2KB)
	Chapter 3:	Hepatitis A  (.pdf 124KB)
	Chapter 4:	Hepatitis B  (.pdf 53.8KB)
	Chapter 5:	Influenza  (.pdf 57.6KB)
	Chapter 6:	Measles (.pdf 78.4KB)
	Chapter 7:	Mumps  (.pdf 44.4KB)
	Chapter 8:	Pertussis  (.pdf 82.1KB)
	Chapter 9:	Pneumococcal Disease  (.pdf 55.3KB)
	Chapter 10:	Poliomyelitis  (.pdf 88.3KB)
	Chapter 11:	Rubella  (.pdf 52.3KB)
	Chapter 12:	Congenital Rubella Syndrome  (.pdf 47.2KB)
	Chapter 13:	Tetanus  (.pdf 46.7KB)
	Chapter 14:	Varicella  (.pdf 69.6KB)
	Chapter 15:	Surveillance Indicators  (.pdf 42.7KB)
	Chapter 16:	Enhancing Surveillance  (.pdf 36.1KB)
	Chapter 17:	Analysis of Surveillance Data  (.pdf 48.8KB)
	Chapter 18:	Surveillance for Adverse Events Following Vaccination  (.pdf 77.3KB)
	Chapter 19:	Laboratory Support for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases  (.pdf 147KB)
	Chapter 20:	National Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases  (.pdf 34.7KB)
	Chapter 21:	State-Specific Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases  (.pdf 7.87KB)
List of Appendices
	Table of contents	Appendices Table of Contents  (.pdf 9.53KB)
	Appendix 1:	Collection of Specimens for Isolation of C. diphtheria  (.pdf 9.79KB)
	Appendix 2:	Fatal Respiratory Disease Due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Case Report and Review of Guidelines for Management, Investigation, and Control. Farizo K, Strebel P, et al.  (.pdf 715KB)
	Appendix 3:	CDC Diphtheria Worksheet  (.pdf 120KB)
	Appendix 4:	National Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteria Case Report  (.pdf 7.73MB**) Warning: file size is large and will take a while to download.
	Appendix 5:	Viral Hepatitis Case Report http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/ resource/PDFs/vhsp02.pdf (.pdf 95.5KB)
	Appendix 6:	Measles Virus Isolation  (.pdf 24.2KB)
	Appendix 7:	Measles Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 50.2KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 13.7KB)
	Appendix 8:	Mumps Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 66.7KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 15.3KB)
	Appendix 9:	Pertussis Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 48.7KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 15.8KB)
	Appendix 10:	Active Laboratory-Based Surveillance Pertussis Worksheet  (.pdf 48.1KB)
	Appendix 11:	Pertussis Death Worksheet  (.pdf 38.7KB)
	Appendix 12:	Streptococcus Pneumonia Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 178KB)
	Appendix 13:	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Failure Case Report  (.pdf) and Instructions  (.pdf) NOTE: These links were removed on 2/22/05 as a sufficient number of reports were received.
	Appendix 14:	Suspected Polio Case Worksheet  (.pdf 12.9KB) and Investigation of suspected case of poliomyelitis  (.pdf 16.4KB)
	Appendix 15:	Collection of Specimens for Typing of Rubella Virus  (.pdf 15.2KB) Please submit specimens for rubella virus testing to:      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention      DASH / Unit 81 Att: Dr. Icenogle      1600 Clifton Road, NE      Atlanta, GA 30333
	Appendix 16:	Rubella Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 108KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 15.5KB)
	Appendix 17:	Congenital Rubella Surveillance Case Report  (.pdf 105KB)
	Appendix 18:	Tetanus Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 37.7KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 13.8KB)
	Appendix 19:	Varicella Death Investigation Worksheet  (.pdf 86.2KB) and Instructions (.pdf 22.2KB) NOTE:This worksheet has been updated since the publication of the surveillance manual. Use this link to find the revised worksheet.
	Appendix 20:	Varicella Surveillance Worksheet  (.pdf 59.1KB) and Instructions  (.pdf 13.9KB) NOTE: This worksheet has been updated since the publication of the surveillance manual. Use this link to find the revised worksheet.
	Appendix 21:	Varicella Sample Notification  (.pdf 7.46KB)
	Appendix 22:	Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5013.pdf(.pdf 280KB)
	Appendix 23:	Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System http://vaers.hhs.gov/pdf/vaers_form.pdf (.pdf 89.6KB)
	Appendix 24:	CDC 50.34 Rev. 11/92 (.pdf 393KB)
	Appendix 25:	Occupational Health and Safety, Interstate Shipment of Etiologic Agents
	Appendix 26:	Packaging and Shipping of Biomedical Material

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