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| N A HalseySummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control studyRobert W Linkins
Thailand Ministry of Public Health US CDC Collaboration, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention previously at National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
BMC Public Health 6:236. 2006....
Commentary: poliomyelitis and unnecessary injectionsNeal A Halsey
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street-Room 5041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Epidemiol 32:278-9. 2003- The human papillomavirus vaccine and risk of anaphylaxisNeal A Halsey
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
CMAJ 179:509-10. 2008 - Hepatitis B vaccine administered to children and adolescents at yearly intervalsN A Halsey
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 103:1243-7. 1999..Our objective was to compare the antibody response in recipients of Engerix-B hepatitis B vaccine administered at 12-month intervals to the response to vaccine administered at 0-, 1-, and 6-month intervals... - Safety of combination vaccines: perception versus realityN A Halsey
Institute for Vaccine Safety, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:S40-4. 2001..Despite obvious benefits, concerns and misconceptions exist regarding the safety and efficacy of combination vaccines... - Combination vaccines: defining and addressing current safety concernsN A Halsey
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:S312-8. 2001..Licensed combination vaccines undergo extensive testing before approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration to assure that the new products are safe and effective... - The science of evaluation of adverse events associated with vaccinationNeal A Halsey
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 13:205-14. 2002..False assumptions regarding causality are likely to occur for illnesses without a carefully defined etiology or pathogenesis... - Questions and answers about autoimmunity and the smallpox vaccineNeal Halsey
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Isr Med Assoc J 5:40-1. 2003 - Parental vaccine refusal in Wisconsin: a case-control studyDaniel A Salmon
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
WMJ 108:17-23. 2009..We explored differences in vaccine attitudes, beliefs, and information sources among parents of exempt and vaccinated children... - Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidenceSaad B Omer
Department of International Health, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
JAMA 296:1757-63. 2006..States should examine their exemption policies to ensure control of pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases... - Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated childrenDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Hum Vaccin 4:286-91. 2008..Compare vaccine knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary care providers for fully vaccinated children and children who are exempt from school immunization requirements... 
Effect of food coupon incentives on timely completion of DTP immunization series in children from a low-income area in Karachi, Pakistan: a longitudinal intervention studyS Chandir
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N, Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Vaccine 28:3473-8. 2010..While increasing immunization coverage is a complex structural and behavioral process, food/medicine coupon may improve routine immunization coverage in developing countries...- Economic analysis of childhood pneumonia in Northern PakistanHamidah Hussain
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Policy Plan 23:438-42. 2008..Combined with reported costs from the health care provider perspective, an estimate of the overall financial burden of these diseases has been developed for the Northern Areas of Pakistan... - Prenatal immunization education the pediatric prenatal visit and routine obstetric careAnn Marie Navar
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:211-3. 2007.... - Geographic clustering of nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements and associations with geographic clustering of pertussisSaad B Omer
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North WolfeStreet, Room E5537, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 168:1389-96. 2008..7, 95% confidence interval: 2.2, 3.3). Geographic pockets of vaccine exemptors pose a risk to the whole community. In addition to monitoring state-level exemption rates, health authorities should be mindful of within-state heterogeneity... - Culture- and antigen-negative meningitis in Guatemalan childrenErica L Dueger
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, International Emerging Infections Program, PSC 452 Box 115, FPO, AE 09835
Rev Panam Salud Publica 24:248-55. 2008..To compare children with confirmed bacterial meningitis (CBM) and those with culture- and latex-negative meningitis (CLN)... - Evaluation of non-specific effects of infant immunizations on early infant mortality in a southern Indian populationLawrence H Moulton
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Trop Med Int Health 10:947-55. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between receipt of routine childhood immunizations and infant mortality before 6 months of age... - Endemic measles in Karachi, Pakistan and validation of IMCI criteria for measlesHamidah Hussain
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Acta Paediatr 98:720-4. 2009..To estimate the incidence of measles in Karachi, Pakistan and to determine the proportion of children with measles based on the WHO integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) criteria with a positive IgM for measles or dengue... - Factors associated with refusal of childhood vaccines among parents of school-aged children: a case-control studyDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Rm E5543, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 159:470-6. 2005..The rate of nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements has been increasing, and children with exemptions have contributed to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases... - High incidence of childhood pneumonia at high altitudes in Pakistan: a longitudinal cohort studyAamir J Khan
Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 87:193-9. 2009..To determine the incidence of pneumonia and severe pneumonia among children living at high altitudes in Pakistan... - Effectiveness of measles vaccination and vitamin A treatmentChristopher R Sudfeld
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Epidemiol 39:i48-55. 2010.... - Monitoring adverse events following yellow fever vaccination using an integrated telephone and Internet-based systemAnna P Durbin
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
Vaccine 27:6143-7. 2009..Participation rates were higher among females and persons older than 60 years of age. TeleWatch can be expanded for use in large campaigns involving influenza or other vaccines... - Differences in the immune response to hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in Guatemalan infants by ethnic group and nutritional statusEdwin J Asturias
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Vaccine 27:3650-4. 2009..Malnourished infants generally responded as well as healthy infants. Unvaccinated native Indian infants had higher rates of developing anti-PRP antibodies than Ladino infants by seven months of age... - Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of school nurses and personnel and associations with nonmedical immunization exemptionsDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Pediatrics 113:e552-9. 2004.... - Enhancing public confidence in vaccines through independent oversight of postlicensure vaccine safetyDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Suite 5034, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 94:947-50. 2004..Such a board would have been useful in recent vaccine safety concerns, and its independence from government programs would ensure optimal vaccine safety and enhance public confidence in vaccines... - Exemptions to school immunization requirements: the role of school-level requirements, policies, and proceduresDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Room W5034, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 95:436-40. 2005..Our goal was to determine whether school-level variability in implementation of immunization requirements is associated with the likelihood of a child having received an exemption to school immunization requirements... - Public health and the politics of school immunization requirementsDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Rm E5543, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 95:778-83. 2005..Our observations may assist states whose current nonmedical exemption provisions are constitutionally suspect as well as states lacking legally appropriate administrative controls on existing, broad non-medical exemptions... - An algorithm for treatment of patients with hypersensitivity reactions after vaccinesRobert A Wood
Johns Hopkins Hospital, CMSC 1102, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 122:e771-7. 2008..We then include 3 cases of suspected allergic reactions to vaccines that have been referred to the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment network to demonstrate the practical application of the algorithm... - Inactivated poliovirus vaccine alone or sequential inactivated and oral poliovirus vaccine in two-, four- and six-month-old infants with combination Haemophilus influenzae type b/hepatitis B vaccineN A Halsey
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 16:675-9. 1997..Advisory committees have recommended the increased use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) for children... - Randomized trial of inactivated and live polio vaccine schedules in Guatemalan infantsEdwin J Asturias
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Infect Dis 196:692-8. 2007..The immunogenicity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in developing countries is not well documented. This study compared the immune response to IPV with that to oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) in Guatemalan infants... - No evidence for prolonged excretion of polioviruses in persons with residual paralytic poliomyelitis in Ethiopia, Pakistan and GuatemalaAamir J Khan
Department of International Health, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W5041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Biologicals 34:113-6. 2006..Nevertheless, persistent poliovirus excretion among persons 2 years of age and older with residual paralytic poliomyelitis is uncommon in developing countries... - Cerebellar ataxia as the presenting manifestation of Lyme diseaseRavit Arav-Boger
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:353-6. 2002..Treatment with intravenous antibiotics led to rapid resolution of persistent cerebellar findings... - Disparities in preschool immunization coverage associated with maternal ageDaniel A Salmon
Institute for Vaccine Safety and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hum Vaccin 5:557-61. 2009..Classification tree analysis suggested that maternal age is the most important factor associated with vaccine coverage. More research is needed to determine the reasons for underimmunization of children born to young mothers... - Meningitis and pneumonia in Guatemalan children: the importance of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniaeEdwin J Asturias
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 14:377-84. 2003..Using a cutoff of > 10 white blood cells per cubic millimeter in CSF would improve the sensitivity for detection of bacterial meningitis and help estimate the burden of bacterial meningitis in Guatemala and other developing countries... - Search for poliovirus carriers among people with primary immune deficiency diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and the United KingdomNeal A Halsey
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Bull World Health Organ 82:3-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: Although chronic poliovirus excretion can occur in immunodeficient persons, it appears to be rare... - The need for immunoglobulin for travelers who receive hepatitis A vaccineNeal A Halsey
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:576-7. 2002 - Dose-response to acellular pertussis vaccine and comparison with whole cell pertussis vaccine at 15-24 months and 4-6 years of age. Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Study TeamB S Auerbach
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Vaccine 10:14-20. 1992..The lower (12.5 micrograms) dose of acellular vaccine was as effective as the higher (25 micrograms) dose in inducing antibodies to FHA and PT in children 15-24 months and 4-6 years of age... - Cholera-like diarrhea and shock associated with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (USA400 clone) pneumoniaAllison Agwu
Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room W5041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:271-3. 2007..Shock, multiorgan system failure and death rapidly ensued. Influenza A was detected from her nasopharynx and CA-MRSA (USA400), positive for pvl, mecA, sea, sec and seh genes was cultured from a deep tracheal aspirate... - Immunization of children at risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virusWilliam J Moss
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Bull World Health Organ 81:61-70. 2003..Any changes in this policy would have to be carefully examined for a potential negative impact on disease control programmes in many countries... - Poliovirus excretion in Guatemalan adults and children with HIV infection and children with cancerEdwin J Asturias
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W5041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Biologicals 34:109-12. 2006..The evidence from this and other studies indicates that the persistent poliovirus excretion in HIV-infected individuals is an unlikely event... - Prediagnostic circulating antibodies to JC and BK human polyomaviruses and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaDana E Rollison
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:543-50. 2006.... - Compulsory vaccination and conscientious or philosophical exemptions: past, present, and futureDaniel A Salmon
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Lancet 367:436-42. 2006..These factors should be considered when compulsory vaccinations are being introduced or immunisation laws refined. Lessons learned from compulsory vaccination could be useful to other public-health programmes... - Markers of past infection with simian virus 40 (SV40) and risk of incident non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a Maryland cohortDana E Rollison
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1448-52. 2005..8% of cases and 1.6% of controls (OR, 1.51; 95% CI, 0.41-5.52). Our findings suggest that past infection with SV40 is not associated with an increased risk of developing NHL... - Measles in developing countriesNeal A Halsey
BMJ 333:1234. 2006 - Excretion of oral poliovirus vaccine strains: effect of vaccination scheduleJohn F Modlin
J Infect Dis 193:1614-5. 2006 - Measuring immunization coverage among preschool children: past, present, and future opportunitiesDaniel A Salmon
Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32608, USA
Epidemiol Rev 28:27-40. 2006..Future opportunities and challenges for measuring immunization coverage at the local, state, and national levels are explored...