Measles Vaccine Additional Resources

Journal Articles

Mrozek-Budzyn D, Kieltyka A, Majewska R. (2009) Lack of association between measles-mumps-rubella vaccination and autism in children: a case-control study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19952979

Salmon DA, Haber M, Chen RT. (1999). Health consequences of religious and philosophical exemptions from immunization laws: individual and societal risks of measles. JAMA, 282(1), 47-53. PMID: 10404911

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Books and Pamphlets

• Offit PA and Bell LM. (1999). Vaccines: What every parent should know (revised edition). New York: IDG Books.
• Humiston SG and Good C. (2000). Vaccinating your child: Questions and answers for the concerned parent. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers.
• Atkinson W, Wolfe C, Humiston S, Nelson R (Eds.). Measles. In Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. (The Pink Book). Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  Pink Book: Measles chapter
• CDC. Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-preventable Diseases.
  Surveillance manual: Measles chapter
  Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)

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Additional Websites

• Every Child by Two (ECBT)
• All Kids Count (AKC)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Dr. Reddy's Pediatric Office on the Web: Infections and Immunizations
• National Coalition of Hispanic Health Organizations (COSSMHO)
• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Listing of State Immunization Program Websites
• Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
• National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO)
• The Immunization Gateway
• The Vaccine Page
• National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)

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ACIP Recommendations

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) statements are official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines in the United States

• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella — Vaccine Use and Strategies
• Combination Vaccines for Childhood Immunization
• Immunization of Adolescents
• Immunization of Health-Care Workers

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MMWR Reports

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) provides weekly provisional data on disease surveillance, vaccine-preventable diseases, and other public health case reports, recommendations for vaccines, and other public health recommendations.

• More recent MMWR reports...
• Measles - United States, 2000  
  Vol 51, No 06;120 02/15/2002
• Recommendations From Meeting on Strategies for Improving Global Measles Control, May 11-12, 2000  
  Vol 49, No 49;1116 12/15/2000
• Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome - United States and Mexico, 1997-1999
  Vol 49, No 46;1048 11/24/2000
• Progress Toward Interrupting Measles Transmission - Region of the Americas, Jan 1999 - Sept 2000
  Vol 49, No 43;986 11/03/2000
• National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19 - 35 Months - US, 1999
  Vol 49, No 26;585 07/07/2000
• Measles - United States, 1999
  Vol 49, No 25;557 06/30/2000
• Measles Eradication: Experience in Americas  
  Vol 48, No SU01;57 12/31/1999
• Global Measles Control and Regional Elimination, 1998 - 1999
  Vol 48, No 49;1124 12/17/1999
• Progress Toward Measles Elimination - Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1980-1998  
  Vol 48, No 47;1081 12/03/1999
• Progress Toward Measles Elimination - Southern Africa, 1996-1998
  Vol 48, No 27;585 07/16/1999

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