Session: Taking a Measure: Uptake and Impact of Meningococcal and Pertussis Vaccines


Grand Salon C Tuesday, March 18, 2008: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
E2: Taking a Measure: Uptake and Impact of Meningococcal and Pertussis Vaccines
Presenters in this workshop will discuss uptake of two new vaccines, MCV4 and Tdap, the potential impact of MCV4 on meningococcal disease trends, and the dynamics of vaccine exemptions on pertussis disease clustering. These topics highlight efforts made to monitor vaccine uptake and impact in three states: Oregon, California, and Michigan.
Moderator:	Amanda Cohn
2:00 PM		Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM	48	Monitoring New Adolescent Immunization Uptake using Immunization Information System (IIS): Early Trends from Oregon's CDC Sentinel IIS Surveillance Population James A. Gaudino, Justin Weisser, Heather Crawford, Martha Priedeman Skiles
2:20 PM	49	Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in California, 2001-2007 Kathleen Therese Winter, Kathleen Harriman
2:35 PM	50	Geographical Clustering of Nonmedical Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements and Associations with Geographical Clustering of Pertussis Saad B. Omer, Kyle S. Enger, Larry Moulton, Neal A. Halsey, Shannon Stokley, Daniel A. Salmon
2:50 PM		Discussion

Grand Salon C Tuesday, March 18, 2008: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM