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Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on April 20, 2010
Emergence of new diseases, reemergence of old threats highlight importance of vaccination
ATLANTA ? The emergence of new diseases like the pandemic influenza H1N1, and the reemergence of old threats like mumps, pertussis, pneumococcal disease and measles should serve as a reminder to physicians and patients about the importance of immunization, according to a speaker here at the 44th National Immunization Conference...
...Pandemic H1N1 influenza emerged as a new virus and caused more pediatric deaths in the past 12 months than in any previous season,...
...Although rates of mumps have declined since the vaccine was first introduced, sporadic mumps outbreaks, including the most recent that began last summer at a summer camp and has now affected more than 1,520 people in New York and New Jersey, show that this illness poses a continuing challenge,...
...Pertussis also presents a continuing challenge, with 8,000 to 25,000 cases reported per year...
...Since the introduction of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7; Prevnar, Wyeth), rates of pneumococcal disease have considerably decreased, however replacement serotypes, like 19A, are slowing decreases in disease rates...
...Seward added that importations of illness continue to post a threat, noting that after the 2010 Winter Olympics, one measles virus generally found in Japan and China and one from India caused outbreaks in Vancouver. Several outbreaks in the United States have also been attributed to importations from other countries...
Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on April 20, 2010
Emergence of new diseases, reemergence of old threats highlight importance of vaccination
ATLANTA ? The emergence of new diseases like the pandemic influenza H1N1, and the reemergence of old threats like mumps, pertussis, pneumococcal disease and measles should serve as a reminder to physicians and patients about the importance of immunization, according to a speaker here at the 44th National Immunization Conference...
...Pandemic H1N1 influenza emerged as a new virus and caused more pediatric deaths in the past 12 months than in any previous season,...
...Although rates of mumps have declined since the vaccine was first introduced, sporadic mumps outbreaks, including the most recent that began last summer at a summer camp and has now affected more than 1,520 people in New York and New Jersey, show that this illness poses a continuing challenge,...
...Pertussis also presents a continuing challenge, with 8,000 to 25,000 cases reported per year...
...Since the introduction of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7; Prevnar, Wyeth), rates of pneumococcal disease have considerably decreased, however replacement serotypes, like 19A, are slowing decreases in disease rates...
...Seward added that importations of illness continue to post a threat, noting that after the 2010 Winter Olympics, one measles virus generally found in Japan and China and one from India caused outbreaks in Vancouver. Several outbreaks in the United States have also been attributed to importations from other countries...