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| Frances J WalkerSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Reactions after 3 or more doses of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in adults in AlaskaFrances J Walker
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:1730-5. 2005..The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices does not recommend routine revaccination because data on the safety and effectiveness of additional doses are insufficient...- Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in the United States, 1989-2002Frances J Walker
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:257-65. 2006..The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends annual influenza vaccination for HCWs to reduce transmission of influenza to patients at high risk for serious complications of influenza... 
GeneScan reverse transcription-PCR assay for detection of six common respiratory viruses in young children hospitalized with acute respiratory illnessDean D Erdman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:4298-303. 2003..We conclude that the GeneScan RT-PCR panel can markedly improve detection of acute respiratory virus infections in young children...- Population-based surveillance for hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, and parainfluenza viruses among young childrenMarika K Iwane
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 113:1758-64. 2004.... - Human metapneumovirus infection among children hospitalized with acute respiratory illnessJames A Mullins
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:700-5. 2004..Further investigations to better characterize HMPV infection and its clinical effect are needed... - Superiority of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction to conventional viral culture in the diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infections in childrenGeoffrey A Weinberg
Department of Pediatrics and Strong Children s Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
J Infect Dis 189:706-10. 2004..The increased sensitivity of viral detection by RT-PCR will yield better estimates of the population burden of viral respiratory infections... - Epidemiology of respiratory infections in young children: insights from the new vaccine surveillance networkMarie R Griffin
Department of Preventive Medicine and Vanderbilt Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Geriatrics Research and Education and Clinical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:S188-92. 2004..Prospective, active, population-based surveillance of children hospitalized with respiratory symptoms or fever began in 2000, and outpatient surveillance began in 2002 in selected winter months... - The impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccination on routine childhood vaccination and primary care use in 2 countiesPeter G Szilagyi
Department of Pediatrics, Strong Children s Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
Pediatrics 118:1394-402. 2006..Before the recommendations, concern was expressed that adding pneumococcal conjugate vaccine might result in delays in other vaccinations or preventive services... - Pediatricians' adherence to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine shortage recommendations in 2 national shortagesGerry Fairbrother
Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 7014, Cincinnati, OH 45229 3039, USA
Pediatrics 120:e401-9. 2007....