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Resources

• www.immunize.org -- Immunization Action Coalition
• www.cdc.gov/nip -- The National Immunization Program (800-232-2522)
• www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/vaers.htm -- Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (800-822-7967)
• http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=immunizations-in-depth12.htm&url=http://www.909shot.com/Issues/Injury_Compensation.htm -- National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
• www.immunizationinfo.org -- The National Network for Immunization Information
• www.vaccine.chop.edu -- Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• www.vaccinesafety.edu -- Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
• www.partnersforimmunization.org -- National Partnership for Immunization
• www.immunofacts.com -- Information on vaccinations
• www.vaccines.org -- The Vaccine Page

References

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases. Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule: United States, 2005. Pediatrics. 2005 Jan;115(1):182.

Harper SA, Fukuda K, Uyeki TM, Cox NJ, Bridges CB. Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005 Jul 29;54(RR-8):1-40.

Prevention of influenza in the general population: Recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. CMAJ. 2004;171:10.

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases. Prevention and control of meningococcal disease: recommendations for use of meningococcal vaccines in pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 2005 Aug;116(2):496-505.

Pneumococcal vaccine cuts severe bacterial disease in US. Mor Mortal Wkly Rep CDC Surveill Summ 2005;54:893-896.

Wise R, Iskander J, Pratt D, et al. Postlicensure Safety Surveillance for 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate. JAMA. 2004; 292:1702-1710.

Krym VF, MacDonald RD. Global efforts to eradicate polio. CMAJ. 2004 Jan 20;170(2):189-90.

Zuckerman JN. Protective efficacy, immunotherapeutic potential, and safety of hepatitis B vaccines. J Med Virol. 2006 Feb;78(2):169-77.