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- On June 20, 2012, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13; Prevnar 13, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc.) for adults aged ≥19 years with immunocompromising conditions, functional or anatomic asplenia, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, or cochlear implants.
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- Reminder and recall systems alert the parents of children due (reminder) or overdue (recall) for vaccination and have been associated with increased vaccination coverage. To evaluate the potential of a state-generated recall letter to incre...ase vaccination coverage among Montana children, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) pilot tested a recall letter system targeted at parents of children aged 19–23 months enrolled in Montana Medicaid and not known to have completed a subset of the routinely recommended vaccination series.See More
http://tinyurl.com/9k9hvgf - In 2010, new diagnoses of HIV infection among Hispanics or Latinos occurred at an annual rate that was 2.8 times that of non-Hispanic whites (20.4 versus 7.3 per 100,000 persons).
http://tinyurl.com/8kh2aee - Oct. 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.
http://tinyurl.com/9oe8hve - CDC and Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health will cosponsor, Environmental Microbiology: Control of Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases, on January 7–12, 2013, at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health. This 6-day cou...rse on the surveillance of foodborne and waterborne diseases is designed for public health practitioners and other students interested in the safety of food and water.See More
http://tinyurl.com/8gzfep5 - Final state-specific influenza vaccination coverage estimates for the 2011–12 influenza season are now available online at FluVaxView (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview). Included are estimates of the cumulative percentage of persons vaccinated by the end of each month, during August 2011–May 2012, for each state and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services region, and the United States overall.
http://tinyurl.com/9q9s98c - With no intervention, 40%–90% of infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive women in the United States will acquire hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Approximately 90% of infected infants develop chronic HBV infection, wi...th a 15%–25% risk for premature death from cirrhosis or cancer of the liver. To prevent perinatal HBV transmission, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that infants born to HBsAg-positive women receive postexposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) and hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) within 12 hours of birth, and complete the 3-dose HepB series. To determine infant outcomes after postexposure prophylaxis, ACIP recommends postvaccination serologic testing (PVST) at age 9–18 months. To evaluate the implementation of these recommendations, CDC assessed outcomes at age 24 months (through 2011) among infants born to HBsAg-positive women enrolled during 2008–2009 in Enhanced Perinatal Hepatitis B Case Management Projects (EPHBP).See More
http://tinyurl.com/96jkfgg - In Ohio, from July 28 to September 25, 2012, a total of 106 confirmed H3N2v cases were identified through enhanced surveillance.
http://tinyurl.com/9mdgt84 - Pregnant women and their newborns are at elevated risk for influenza-associated hospitalization and death. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have recom...mended influenza vaccination for all women who are or will be pregnant during the influenza season, regardless of trimester. To estimate influenza vaccination coverage among pregnant women for the 2011–12 influenza season, CDC analyzed data from an Internet panel survey (3) conducted April 3–17, 2012. This report summarizes their findings.See More
http://tinyurl.com/8l8v84l - Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel (HCP) is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Vaccination of HCP can reduce morbidity and mortality from influenza and its potentially serious consequences am...ong HCP, their family members, and their patients. To provide timely estimates of influenza vaccination coverage and related data among HCP for the 2011–12 influenza season, CDC conducted an Internet panel survey with 2,348 HCP during April 2–20, 2012. This report summarizes the results of that survey.See More
http://tinyurl.com/8fjuchx - Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes (1). CHIKV causes fever and usually is not fatal, but can cause debilitating joint pains or, in rare instances, severe illness. T...he East/Central/South African strain of chikungunya has been emerging in Asia since 2006, first in the Indian subcontinent, then Thailand. This report describes the characteristics of a local outbreak linked with chikungunya reemergence in a rural Asian setting.See More
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