Immunizations (excluding Influenza)

This collection features AFP content deemed current by the AFP online medical editor on child and adult immunizations (excluding influenza) and related issues, including travel immunizations and specific immunizations (hepatitis A and B, herpes zoster, human papillomavirus, meningococcus, pertussis, pneumococcus, rotavirus, smallpox, varicella). New research may affect the interpretation and application of this material. Clinical judgment is advised. Note that AFP content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

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Last Update: 01/31/2013

Overview Specific Immunizations Editorials and Letters Improving Practice

Patient Education, Self-Care Other AFP Content Other Resources from AAFP

Overview

• ACIP Releases 2013 Immunization Schedules [Practice Guidelines] (02/01/2013)
• Update on Immunizations in Adults (11/01/2011)
• Update on Immunizations in Children and Adolescents (06/01/2008)
• Travel Immunizations (07/01/2004)
• Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality (12/01/2002)

Specific Immunizations

Hepatitis A and B

• FDA Approves Alternative Dosing Schedule for Combined Hepatitis Vaccine [Practice Guidelines] (04/01/2008)
• ACIP Releases Recommendations for Hepatitis B Vaccine Use in Adults [Practice Guidelines] (08/15/2007)
• ACIP Updates Recommendations for Immunization Against Hepatitis A Virus [Practice Guidelines] (06/15/2006)

Herpes Zoster

• Postherpetic Neuralgia [Clinical Evidence Handbook] (09/15/2011)
• Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: Prevention and Management (06/15/2011)
• ACIP Releases Guideline on Prevention of Herpes Zoster [Practice Guidelines] (04/01/2009)
• Herpes Zoster Virus Vaccine (Zostavax) for the Prevention of Shingles [STEPS] (06/15/2007)

HPV

• Bivalent HPV Recombinant Vaccine (Cervarix) for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer [STEPS] (12/15/2010)
• Human Papillomavirus: Clinical Manifestations and Prevention (11/15/2010)
• ACS Releases Guidelines for HPV Vaccination [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2008)
• Quadrivalent HPV Recombinant Vaccine (Gardasil) for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer [STEPS] (08/15/2007)

Meningococcus

• ACIP Issues Revised Recommendations on Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine [Practice Guidelines] (11/01/2007)
• Tetravalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Menactra) for the Prevention of Meningococcal Disease [STEPS] (11/15/2006)
• Prevention of Meningococcal Disease (11/15/2005)

Pertussis

• CDC Releases Best Practices for the Use of PCR Testing for Diagnosing Pertussis [Practice Guidelines] (11/15/2011)
• Acellular Vaccines for Preventing Pertussis in Children [Cochrane for Clinicians] (09/01/2011)
• ACIP Releases Guideline on Prevention of Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diptheria in Pregnant Women and Newborns [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2009)
• ACIP Recommends the Use of Tdap in Adults [Practice Guidelines] (09/15/2007)
• Pertussis: A Disease Affecting All Ages (08/01/2006)

Pneumococcus

• Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Young Children (05/15/2001)

Rotavirus

• AAP Updates Guidelines on Rotavirus Vaccination [Practice Guidelines] (02/15/2010)
• CDC Reports on Postmarketing Safety of the Rotateq Vaccine [Practice Guidelines] (10/01/2007)
• ACIP Recommends Routine Rotavirus Vaccinations in Infants and Children [Practice Guidelines] (03/15/2007)
• Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral, Pentavalent (Rotateq) for Prevention of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis [STEPS] (09/15/2006)

Smallpox

• Smallpox Vaccine: Contraindications, Administration, and Adverse Reactions (09/01/2003)

Varicella

• Vaccines for Postexposure Prophylaxis Against Varicella (Chicken Pox) [Cochrane for Clinicians] (09/01/2009)
• ACIP Recommendations for the Prevention of Varicella [Practice Guidelines] (11/01/2007)

Editorials and Letters

• Improving Adult Immunization Rates: Overcoming Barriers [Editorials] (11/01/2011)
• Counseling Parents About Vaccine Safety [Editorials] (12/01/2008)
• HPV Vaccine: A Cornerstone of Female Health [Editorials] (01/01/2007)
• Family Physicians and Immunizations [Editorials] (12/15/2006)

Improving Practice

From Family Practice Management

AAFP's Journal of Practice Improvement

• An Organized Approach to Chronic Disease Care (05/01/2011)
• CPT Update for 2011: Immunizations, Observations, and More (01/01/2011)
• Vaccination Management: Is Your Practice on Target? (09/01/2008)
• Vaccine Administration: Making the Process More Efficient in Your Practice (05/01/2007)

Patient Education, Self-Care

• Shingles (Herpes Zoster) (06/15/2011)
• Vaccines for Your Child (06/01/2008)
• Travel Vaccines (07/01/2004)
• Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know (05/15/2001)

From FamilyDoctor.org

AAFP's Patient Education Resource

• Childhood Vaccines: What They Are and Why Your Child Needs Them

Other AFP Content

• Autism and Childhood Vaccinations: Debunking the Myth [AFP Journal Club] (09/15/2010)
• A Mother Who Refuses to Vaccinate Her Child [Curbside Consultation] (02/01/2003)

Other Resources from AAFP

• METRIC. Childhood Immunization Module
• Provider Resources for Vaccine Conversations with Parents