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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Vaccine Preventable Disease Epidemiology
4219.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Vaccine Preventable Disease Epidemiology
In this session the learner will hear about Influenza infections and access to vaccines, pertussis outbreak at a summer camp for HIV-infected children and a post-marketing surveillance investigation of a possible relationship between anthrax vaccine adsorbed and optic neuritis in the U.S. military.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Recognize that cancer patients have a high case-fatality rate if influenza becomes serious enough to require hospitalization. 2. Discuss the correlates of influenza vaccination access in eight neighborhoods in East Harlem and Bronx. 3. Assess the impact of HIV on pertussis acquisition and severity 4. Describe the post-marketing surveillance investigation techniques developed by the CDC's Vaccine Analytic Unit for studies of biodefense vaccine adverse events.
2:30 PMEpidemiology of Serious Influenza Infections in Cancer Patients
Catherine D. Cooksley, DrPH, Elenir B. C. Avritscher, MD, MBA/MHA, Linda S. Elting, DrPH
2:45 PMPotential Impact of Universal Immunization with a Human-Bovine Pentavalent Vaccine on the Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Rotavirus Acute Gastroenteritis  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robbin Itzler, PhD
3:05 PMAccess to influenza vaccine in East Harlem and the Bronx during a national vaccine shortage  [ Recorded presentation ]
Danielle C. Ompad, PhD, Shannon Blaney, MPH, Sarah Sisco, MPH, MSSW, David Vlahov, PhD, Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, for the VIVA Intervention Working Group Of the Harlem Community and Academic Partnership
3:20 PMPertussis outbreak at a summer camp for HIV-infected children — Nebraska, 2004
Anand A. Date, Dr, Tom Safranek, Dr, Dennis Leschinsky, Mr, Kathy Carter, APRN
3:35 PMPost-Marketing Surveillance Investigation of a Possible Relationship between Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed and Optic Neuritis in the U.S. Military, 1998-2003
Daniel C. Payne, PhD, MSPH, Charles Rose, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA