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PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Parents, Adults, New Canadians, Pregnant women, Seniors TYPE: PDFImmunization information on the internet : can you trust what you read?

Immunization information on the internet : can you trust what you read?

This fact sheet can help you decide if vaccine information you find on the Internet is accurate.

Corporate Authors: Immunize Canada
Publisher: Immunize Canada

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Immunization, vaccines and biologicals

Immunization, vaccines and biologicals

Provides policy, guidelines and information about vaccines, immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Corporate Authors: World Health Organization, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Publisher: World Health Organization

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Immunogenicity and Safety of the HZ/su Adjuvanted Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Adults Previously Vaccinated with a Live-Attenuated Herpes Zoster Vaccine

Immunogenicity and Safety of the HZ/su Adjuvanted Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Adults Previously Vaccinated with a Live-Attenuated Herpes Zoster Vaccine

HZ/su induces a strong immune response irrespective of prior vaccination with ZVL, and may be an attractive option to re-vaccinate prior ZVL-recipients.

Authors: Grupping K et al.
Journal Issue: jix482
Journal Title: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Publisher: Oxford Academic

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link IMPACT : Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive

IMPACT : Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive

IMPACT is a pediatric hospital-based national active surveillance network for vaccine-preventable associated adverse events, vaccine failures and selected infectious diseases in children that are, or are soon to be, vaccine preventable.

Corporate Authors: Canadian Paediatric Society
Publisher: Canadian Paediatric Society

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Increase in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W invasive disease in Canada: 2009–2016

Increase in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W invasive disease in Canada: 2009–2016

MenW meningococcal disease is growing in prevalence in Canada and is associated with an increase in the emerging ST-11 CC. This emerging clonal complex has now been identified in five provinces in Canada. It appears to be more common in older patients than the traditional ST-22 CC, which occurs more often in younger patients.

Authors: Tsang RSW et al.
Journal Issue: 7-8
Journal Title: Canada Communicable Disease Report
Journal Volume: 43
Publisher: Public Health Agency of Canada

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Adults TYPE: External Link Infectious diseases and immunization

Infectious diseases and immunization

Presents a series of principal documents from the Canadian Paediatric Society on diverse topics relating to infectious diseases and immunization.

Corporate Authors: Canadian Paediatric Society
Publisher: Canadian Paediatric Society


PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers, Adults TYPE: External Link Institute for Vaccine Safety

Institute for Vaccine Safety

Discusses current vaccine issues including thimerosal, polio vaccine and HIV. Provides an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines.

Corporate Authors: Every Child By Two
Publisher: Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

PUBLISHED: 2017 CATEGORY: Health care providers TYPE: External Link Investigating Canadian parents' HPV vaccine knowledge, attitudes and behaviour: a study protocol for a longitudinal national online survey

Investigating Canadian parents' HPV vaccine knowledge, attitudes and behaviour: a study protocol for a longitudinal national online survey

Human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection, can cause anogenital warts and a number of cancers. To prevent morbidity and mortality, three vaccines have been licensed and are recommended by Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunisation (for girls since 2007 and boys since 2012). Nevertheless, HPV vaccine coverage in Canada remains suboptimal in many regions. This study will be the first to concurrently examine the correlates of HPV vaccine decision-making in parents of school-aged girls and boys and evaluate changes in parental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours over time.

Authors: Shapiro GK et al.
Journal Issue: 10
Journal Title: BMJ Open
Journal Volume: 7
Publisher: BMJ Journals