Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/

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Perspective
Perspectives on West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak, 2013–2016 PDF Version [PDF – 2.38 MB – 8 pages]
J. R. Spengler et al.
Summary
Many features of this outbreak reinforce the benefit of continued investment in global health security

Dispatches
Post-Ebola Measles Outbreak in Lola, Guinea, January–June 2015 PDF Version [PDF – 438 KB – 3 pages]
J. E. Suk et al.
Abstract
During public health crises such as the recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, breakdowns in public health systems can lead to epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases. We report here on an outbreak of measles in the prefecture of Lola, Guinea, which started in January 2015.

Dispatches
Changes in Childhood Pneumonia Hospitalizations by Race and Sex Associated with Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines PDF Version [PDF – 636 KB – 4 pages]
A. D. Wiese et al.
Abstract
Introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in the childhood immunization schedule was associated with decreases in all-cause pneumonia hospitalizations among black and white children in Tennessee, USA. Although racial disparities that existed before introduction of these vaccines have been substantially reduced, rates remain higher in boys than in girls among young children.