EVM Archive - Vaccine preventable diseases

The following items have been listed previously in the "Vaccine Preventable Diseases" section.

ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE

Japanese encephalitis vaccines. WHO position paper. Weekly Epidemiological Record. Vol. 73, No. 44. 30 October 1998. [WHO / WER] - PDF File

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE b (Hib)

Innoculation campaign launched. Irish News. May 13, 2003. Immunization Newsbriefs. May 14, 2003.

Vaccination catch-up campaign in response to recent increase in invasive Hib infection in the United Kingdom - implications for the rest of Europe? Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 19. 8 May 2003.

HEPATITIS A (HAV)

Epidemiology of hepatitis A infection in Ireland 2001 / 2002. EPI-Insight. Vol. 4, Issue 2. February 2003. p. 2-3. - PDF FIle

Hepatitis A epidemiology in England and Wales. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 50. 12 December 2002.

HEPATITIS B

Geographic pattern of hepatitis B prevalence, 1997. (Data as of 06/04/98) [WHO- V&B]

INFLUENZA (Flu)

Influenza pandemic preparedness and response planning at community level. Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 11. November 2002.

Quality control assessment of influenza and RSV testing in Europe: 2000-01 season. Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 11. November 2002.

Development of a protocol to evaluate the quality of clinical influenza data collected by sentinel practitioners. Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 11. November 2002. 15: 08/04/2002 - 14/04/2002 [EISS]

Low or baseline levels of influenza activity in Europe. EISS-Weekly Electronic Bulletin 2002. Week 15: 08/04/2002 - 14/04/2002 [EISS]

Influenza pandemic: preparedness planning in Germany. Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 1. January 2002.

Influenza pandemic planning in Europe. Eurosurveillance 2001; Vol. 6; No. 9. September 2001.

Influenza. Fact sheet No 211 - February 1999 [WHO]

MEASLES

Measles Epidemic Attributed to Inadequate Vaccination Coverage - Campania, Italy, 2002. MMWR Weekly. October 31, 2003. 52(43):1044-1047.

Multivalent MMR vaccine is safe according to WHO. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 5. 30 January 2003.

MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE

Minister Micheál Martin TD launches the Lions Clubs of Ireland Meningitis Awareness Campaign. 11 December 2002 [Department of Health and Children-Ireland]

New guidelines for public health management of meningococcal disease. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 45. 7 November 2002.

Group C meningococcus vaccination in the southwest region of France. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 43. 24 October 2002.

Impact of meningococcal epidemiology and population biology on public health in Europe [EMGM]

Vaccination campaign following an increase in incidence of serogroup C meningococcal diseases in the department of Puy-de-Dôme (France). Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 5. May 2002.

Surveillance of bacterial meningitis in Europe 1999/2000. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 15. 11 April 2002.

Advice on universal vaccination of infants against both group C meningococci and pneumococci in the Netherlands. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 5. 31 January 2002.

Immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for haj and Umrah. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 4. 24 January 2002.

Conjugate serogroup C meningococcal vaccine use extended in the United Kingdom. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 6, Issue 2. 10 January 2002.

MUMPS

Mumps, increase - UK. ProMed-mail [ISID] 23 November 2003 (20031123.2910)

PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)

Severe and unrecognised: pertussis in UK infants. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2003; 88:802-806. September 2003.

Pertussis claims life of Texas infant. Unprotected people #55: IAC Double Express #387. May 30, 2003.

Effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine assessed by hospital-based active surveillance in Germany. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Vol. 35, No. 2. 15 July 2002.

POLIOMYELITIS (Polio, Infantile paralysis)

Task force on Immunization meeting ends, adopts recommendations [WHO / AFRO] Press Release. 9 December 2003.

Mass immunization campaign launched to protect 15 million children from polio, as outbreaks in Nigeria spread across West Africa [WHO Press Release] 24 October 2003.

Danish childhood vaccination programme modified to include pertussis and polio boosters at 5 years of age. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 35. 28 August 2003.

Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Southern Africa, 2001 - March 2003. MMWR Weekly. June 6, 2003. 52(22);521-524.

Global progress toward laboratory containment of wild polioviruses. MMWR November 8, 2002. Vol. 51, Issue 44.

Europe achieves historical milestone as Region is declared polio-free. 21 June 2002 [WHO]

RABIES

The public health hazard of bat rabies. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 17. 24 April 2003.

TETANUS

Epidemiology of tetanus in Italy in years 1971-2000. Eurosurveillance. Vol. 7, Issue 7. July-August 2002.

Neonatal tetanus global coverage reported incidence and TT2 +coverage, 1980-2000 [WHO-V&B]

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