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| Julie A BettingerSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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Evaluation of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine programs in Canadian children: interim analysisJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Vaccine 30:4023-7. 2012..To assess antibody titers afforded by meningococcal C- (MenC) tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine at 12 months of age in three different immunization schedules...
Canadian family physicians' and paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding A(H1N1) pandemic vaccineEve Dube
Centre de Recherche du CHUL CHUQ, Centre hospitalier de l Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
BMC Res Notes 3:102. 2010....- A(H1N1) pandemic influenza and its prevention by vaccination: paediatricians' opinions before and after the beginning of the vaccination campaignEve Dube
Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, 2400 d Estimauville, Quebec, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:128. 2011.... - Pan-Canadian assessment of pandemic immunization data collection: study methodologyJennifer A Pereira
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:51. 2010..This study's objective was to compare the efficiencies and perceptions of data collection methods employed during Canada's pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination campaign... - The effect of routine vaccination on invasive pneumococcal infections in Canadian children, Immunization Monitoring Program, Active 2000-2007Julie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vaccine 28:2130-6. 2010..Cefotaxime/ceftriaxone resistance remained unchanged at 2% of isolates annually. Universal pneumococcal conjugate infant immunization programs have dramatically decreased cases of invasive pneumococcal disease... - The impact of childhood meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine programs in CanadaJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:220-4. 2009..The staggered implementation of universal childhood meningococcal C conjugate (MenC) immunization programs across Canada offers an opportunity to evaluate the influence of these programs... - Pandemic influenza in Canadian children: a summary of hospitalized pediatric casesJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vaccine 28:3180-4. 2010..Close to 50% of children received antiviral medication. Two children died from the infection. The pediatric risk groups affected and course of disease caused by pandemic H1N1 appear similar to seasonal influenza... 
Invasive pneumococcal infections in Canadian children, 1998-2003: implications for new vaccination programsJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Centre, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 98:111-5. 2007..We conducted active surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease to assess the serotype and antibiotic resistance patterns in Canada prior to universal infant immunization programs, in most provinces...- The effect of changing from whole-cell to acellular pertussis vaccine on the epidemiology of hospitalized children with pertussis in CanadaJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:31-5. 2007..To assess effects on pertussis epidemiology of this nationwide change, we analyzed hospitalizations during 1991-2004 using the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT) pertussis database... - Ongoing control of Haemophilus influenzae type B infections in Canadian children, 2004-2007David W Scheifele
Division of Pediatric Infectious and Immunologic Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:755-7. 2008..Surveillance at 12 pediatric centers in 2004-2007 indicates that vaccine failures remain rare and case totals approach an irreducible minimum, with no age shift... - The disease burden of invasive meningococcal serogroup B disease in CanadaJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:e20-5. 2013..New serogroup B vaccines may offer the potential for prevention and control. This report examines the disease burden caused by serogroup B invasive meningococcal infections... - Heterogeneity of rotavirus testing and admitting practices for gastroenteritis among 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals: Implications for surveillanceJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Centre, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 22:15-8. 2011..Understanding this variation is important when interpreting surveillance data and estimating the cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination programs... - Commonly invasive serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae trigger a reduced innate immune response compared with serotypes rarely responsible for invasive infectionThomas S T Burgess
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, BC Children s Hospital and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 53:136-9. 2008.... - Controlling serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease: the Canadian perspectiveJulie A Bettinger
Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children s Hospital and the University of British Columbia, A5 950 West 28th Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada
Expert Rev Vaccines 12:505-17. 2013..In this article, the authors provide an overview of the Canadian epidemiology, serogroup B vaccine characteristics, potential strain coverage, immunization strategies and remaining postmarketing research questions... - Influenza vaccination in paediatric nurses: cross-sectional study of coverage, refusal, and factors in acceptanceSeamus P Norton
Department of Paediatrics, British Columbia s Children s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vaccine 26:2942-8. 2008..We also sought to identify the reasons for which nurses refuse the influenza vaccine and predictors of future vaccination intent... - Prevalence of Toll-like receptor signalling defects in apparently healthy children who developed invasive pneumococcal infectionAaron F Hirschfeld
Department of Paediatrics, BC Children s Hospital and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Clin Immunol 122:271-8. 2007.... - Immunogenicity of 2 doses of HPV vaccine in younger adolescents vs 3 doses in young women: a randomized clinical trialSimon R M Dobson
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
JAMA 309:1793-802. 2013..Global use of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to prevent cervical cancer is impeded by cost. A 2-dose schedule for girls may be possible... - Acceptability of Internet adverse event self-reporting for pandemic and seasonal influenza immunization among health care workersKeswadee Lapphra
Vaccine Evaluation Center, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vaccine 28:6199-202. 2010.... - Risk perceptions, condom use, and sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent females according to social network positionJulie A Bettinger
Departments of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:575-9. 2004..Different intervention strategies for adolescents at higher risk could be necessary. Interventions designed to raise risk perceptions could be associated with condom use, even for those adolescents at greatest risk... - Does parental involvement predict new sexually transmitted diseases in female adolescents?Julie A Bettinger
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:666-70. 2004..African American female adolescents living in low-income urban areas are at increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases...