| Pneumococcal (PCV7) Information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home page | Table of Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Return to top | Recommendations |
|
|
Updated Recommendation from the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for Use of 7-Valent
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) in Children Aged 24--59 Months Who
Are Not Completely Vaccinated Source: MMWR, April 4, 2008; 57(13):343-344 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5713a4.htm www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5713.pdf |
||
|
WHO Position Paper: Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine for Childhood Immunization Source: Weekly Epidemiological Record, March 23, 2007; 82(12): 93-104 www.who.int/wer/2007/wer8212.pdf |
||
|
General Recommendations on Immunization Source: MMWR, December 1, 2006; 55(RR-15):1-48 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5515a1.htm?s_cid=rr5515a1_e www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5515.pdf |
||
|
|
Notice to Readers: Pneumococcal
Vaccination for Cochlear Implant Recipients Source: MMWR, October 18, 2002, Vol. 51(41):931 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5141a5.htm |
|
|
Preventing Pneumococcal Disease Among
Infants and Young Children. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) Source: MMWR, October 6, 2000, Vol. 49(RR-9):1-35 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4909a1.htm |
||
|
Policy Statement: Recommendations for the
Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections, Including the Use of Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine (Prevnar), Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine, and
Antibiotic Prophylaxis Source: American Academy of Pediatrics http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;106/2/362 |
||
|
|
| Return to top | Resources for Providers/Parents | |
|
|
Vaccine information Statement (VIS) for
Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV 7) Vaccine Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Available in English and additional languages on IAC's website at: www.immunize.org/vis/vis_pcv7.asp |
|
|
Pneumococcus: Questions and Answers Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4213.pdf |
||
|
Immunizations for babies - A guide for
parents. These are the vaccinations your baby needs! Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4010imm.pdf |
||
|
Summary of Recommendations for Childhood
Immunization (for providers) Source: Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org/catg.d/rules1.pdf |
||
|
Ask the Experts:
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib), Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) (for providers) Source: Immunization Action Coalition, answers provided by William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2021d.htm |
||
|
Fact sheet: Drug-resistant
Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease Authors: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/drugresisstreppneum_t.htm |
||
|
Pneumococcal Disease in Children - Q&A Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/dis-faqs.htm |
||
|
PneumoADIP Newsletter Source: Bulletin of GAVI’s PneumoADIP at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Sign-up to receive pneumofocus by email or view newsletter online www.pneumoadip.org/news/pneumofocus/ |
||
|
Vaccine Education Center, Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia www.vaccine.chop.edu |
||
|
American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood Immunization Support Program www.cispimmunize.org |
||
|
National Network for Immunization
Information www.immunizationinfo.org |
||
|
Return to top Home page |
Wyeth Worldwide www.wyeth.com/worldwide (manufacturer of pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine) |
|
|
|
This page was updated on April 7, 2008
Immunization Action Coalition
1573
Selby AvenueSt.
Paul MN 55104
E-mail: admin@immunize.org Web:
http://www.immunize.org/
Tel: (651) 647-9009Fax:
(651) 647-9131