Category: Vaccines
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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
3 COVID-19 vaccines are authorized in the United States: two messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) and one viral vector vaccine (J&J).
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Varicella / Shingles / Herpes Zoster
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Varicella is a highly infectious acute disease caused by the DNA herpesvirus varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV is transmitted via the respiratory route. The incubation period generally lasts about 15…
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Measles, Mumps and Rubella
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adults All Age Groups For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Measles is a highly contagious acute disease caused by an RNA paramyxovirus, genus Morbillivirus, with one antigenic type. Measles is transmitted via the respiratory route and secondary attack rates…
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Human Papillomavirus
Recommendations Note: because the current recommendations for this vaccine from relevant professional medical associations (e.g., AAP) diverge slightly with those of ACIP, recommendations from each are presented below. Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Adolescents and Adults For More Information Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Infants and Children For…
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Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants and Children Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Diphtheria disease is mediated by the toxin of the aerobic gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria. The incubation period is generally 2-5 days. Diphtheria can infect almost any mucous membrane, but most…
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Rotavirus
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Rotavirus is a very stable double-stranded RNA virus of the Reoviridae family. There are five predominant strains which historically have accounted for 90% of isolates in the United States, 75% of which being the G1…
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Polio
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Poliovirus is an RNA enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. Transmission is primarily through the fecal oral route, and the virus replicates in the pharynx, local lymphatics and gastrointestinal tract. Spread of the…
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Pneumococcal
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Streptococcus pneumoniae is a facultative anaerobic gram-positive bacterium. 92 serotypes of S. pneumoniae have been documented, classified by their antigenic polysaccharide capsules. Antibodies provide protection specific to serotype. Pneumococci are…
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Meningococcal
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Adolescents All Age Groups For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Neisseria meningitidis, or meningococcus, is an aerobic gram-negative diplococcus. Meningococci colonize the nasopharynx, and in less than 1% of colonized persons the organism invades the bloodstream. Most strains are not pathogenic;…
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations Infants Children Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an RNA virus of the genus Orthopneumovirus. There are two main types of human RSV (Type A and Type B). Most subtypes are determined by antigenic drift…
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Influenza
Recommendations Note: because the current recommendations for this vaccine from relevant professional medical associations (e.g., AAP) diverge slightly with those of ACIP, recommendations from each are presented below.. Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) All Age Groups Infants and Children For More Information Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Infants…
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Hepatitis B
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants Children and Adolescents Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a small, double-shelled DNA virus in the Hepadnaviridae family. HBV is transmitted via mucosal exposure to infected body fluids, often during birth, sexual contact, via blood…
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Hepatitis A
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) is a nonenveloped RNA picornavirus that enters the body through the mouth via the fecal-oral route of transmission and replicates in the liver. Infected persons excrete virus…
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Haemophilus influenzae type b
Recommendations Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Infants Children, Adolescents and Adults For More Information Important Information for Obstetric Providers Disease Haemophilus influenzae is an aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus bacterium with encapsulated typeable strains and unencapsulated nontypeable strains. There are six serotypes of encapsulated Hib, identified by their antigenically and biochemically distinct polysaccharide…