From Google Scholar & other sources: Selected Journal Articles, Newsletters, Dissertations, Theses, Commentary

Reports to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System after hepatitis A and hepatitis AB vaccines in pregnant women
PL Moro, OI Museru, M Niu, P Lewis, K Broder – American Journal of Obstetrics and …, 2013
Objective To characterize adverse events (AEs) after Hepatitis A vaccines (Hep A) and Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B combination vaccine (Hep AB) in pregnant women reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a spontaneous reporting …

Long-term follow-up of study participants from prophylactic HIV vaccine clinical trials in Africa
C Schmidt, W Jaoko, G Omosa-Manyonyi, P Kaleebu… – Human Vaccines & …, 2013
Abstract Long-term safety is critical for the development and later use of a vaccine to prevent HIV/AIDS. Likewise, the persistence of vaccine-induced antibodies and their impact on HIV testing must be established. IAVI has sponsored several Phase I and IIA HIV vaccine trials …

Community Circulation Patterns of Oral Polio Vaccine Serotypes 1, 2, and 3 after Mexican National Immunization Weeks
S Troy, L Ferreyra-Reyes, CH Huang, C Sarnquist… – Journal of Infectious …, 2013
Background. With wild poliovirus nearing eradication, preventing circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) by understanding OPV community circulation is increasingly important. Mexico, where OPV is given only during biannual national immunization weeks (NIWs) but …

Consequences of incomplete measles vaccine uptake in healthcare workers during an outbreak in North East England
P Bogowicz, J Waller, D Wilson, K Foster – Journal of Hospital Infection, 2013
Summary Two cases of measles-infected healthcare workers are described, plus the case of a third who was excluded from work for an extended period of time due to non-immunity, during an outbreak in North East England. There is clearly a need for further effort to …

Current Dengue Vaccine Status
L Lin, SJ Thomas – Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2013
Abstract As the impact of dengue expands, a safe and effective vaccine will benefit the world greatly. Recent progress and novel approaches have advanced the field, but many challenges and unanswered questions remain for dengue vaccine developers. The most advanced …

Systematic review of the indirect effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine dosing schedules on pneumococcal disease and colonization.
JD Loo, L Conklin, KE Fleming-Dutra, MD Knoll… – The Pediatric infectious …, 2014
BACKGROUND: To aid decision making for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use in infant national immunization programs, we summarized the indirect effects of PCV on clinical outcomes among nontargeted age groups. METHODS: We systematically reviewed the …

Systematic Review of the Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Dosing Schedules on Vaccine-type Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Young Children.
L Conklin, JD Loo, J Kirk, KE Fleming-Dutra… – The Pediatric infectious …, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) are being implemented globally using a variety of different schedules. The optimal schedule to maximize protection of vaccinated children against vaccine-type invasive pneumococcal disease (VT-IPD) is not …

Dosing schedules for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: considerations for policy makers.
CG Whitney, D Goldblatt, KL O’Brien – The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2014
Since second generation pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) targeting 10 and 13 serotypes became available in 2010, the number of national policy makers considering these vaccines has steadily increased. An important consideration for a national …

Systematic Review of the Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Dosing Schedules on Vaccine-type Nasopharyngeal Carriage.
KE Fleming-Dutra, L Conklin, JD Loo, MD Knoll… – The Pediatric infectious …, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) reduce nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine type (VT) pneumococci, an important driver of vaccine programs’ overall benefits. The dosing schedule that best reduces carriage is unclear. METHODS: We performed a …

Systematic review of the effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine dosing schedules on prevention of pneumonia.
JD Loo, L Conklin, KE Fleming-Dutra, KM Deloria… – The Pediatric infectious …, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children< 5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are known to provide protection against vaccine serotype pneumococcal pneumonia; uncertainty exists …