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ISSUE 1661
October 17, 2022
Issue 1661
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Adult Immunization
October 17, 2022 (Issue: 1661)
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
(ACIP) recommends use of certain vaccines in adults
residing in the US. Routine childhood immunization
has reduced the overall incidence of some of
these vaccine-preventable diseases, but...more
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- JE Tota et al. Anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, seroprevalence, and risk factors for HPV seropositivity among sexually active men enrolled in a global HPV vaccine trial. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 74:1247.
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- M Kobayashi. Considerations for age-based and risk-based use of PCV15 and PCV20 among U.S. adults and proposed policy options. ACIP Meeting. October 20, 2021. Available at: https://bit. Ly/2YhkaOi. Accessed September 29, 2022.
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- HM Soeters et al. University-based outbreaks of meningococcal disease cause by serogroup B, United States, 2013-2018. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25:434.
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- CDC. Meningococcal disease outbreak among gay, bisexual men in Florida 2021-22. August 8, 2022. Available at: https://bit.ly/3rkuFLm. Accessed September 29, 2022.
- MenQuadfi – a new meningococcal (A, C, W, and Y) vaccine. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2021; 63:78.
- Bexsero – a second serogroup B meningococcal vaccine. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2015; 57:158.
- Trumenba: a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2015; 57:5.
- SA Mbaeyi et al. Meningococcal vaccination: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020. MMWR Recomm Rep 2020; 69:1.
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- HM Soeters et al. Current epidemiology and trends in invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease–United States, 2009-2015. Clin Infect Dis 2018; 67:881.
- EC Briere et al. Prevention and control of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 2014; 63(RR-1):1.
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