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If you choose to follow any links to the abstracts and/or complete text of articles, books, and documents listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Feature Items: Daniel R. Feikin, Dennis C. Lezotte, Richard F. Hamman, Daniel A. Salmon, Robert T. Chen, and Richard E. Hoffman Individual and Community Risks of Measles and Pertussis Associated With Personal Exemptions to Immunization. (... a study of the risk of acquiring diseases normally preventable by vaccines among children who have philosophical and religious exemptions from immunization and a look at how the presence of these exemptors in a community can affect the risk of acquiring vaccine-preventable diseases by children who have been vaccinated. The information used in this study was collected via standardized forms regarding all reported measles and pertussis cases among children aged 3 to 18 years in Colorado [USA] during 1987-1998. Among other findings, the authors discovered that exemptors [children who were not immunized against the diseases] were 22.2 times more likely to acquire measles and 5.9 times more likely to acquire pertussis than vaccinated children. In addition, at least 11% of vaccinated children in measles outbreaks acquired infection through contact with an exemptor. The authors conclude that the risk of measles and pertussis is elevated in personal exemptors ... and parents should be made aware of the risks involved in not vaccinating their children. Other keywords and phrases -- vaccine -- from the text of the abstract) JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 284, Number 24 (December 27, 2000): 3145-3150. **An abstract of the article is currently available through the Web site of JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association** Mi Young Hwang, writer and Richard M. Glass, editor Immunize Your Child. (... a Patient Page from JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association that presents a concise, understandable overview of the reasons for immunizing children against common and serious childhood diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and chickenpox, among others. The Page contains short explanations of how vaccines work, whether vaccines are safe, and different types of vaccines. Other keywords and phrases -- antibodies, antibody, immunity, immunization, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine -- from the text of the Page; the Page is in PDF [portable document format] and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be viewed) JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 282, Number 1 (July 7, 1999): 102. **The complete text of the Page is currently available through the Web site of JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association** How to find the above journals, magazines, and other publications? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions about any or all of the above? Please let me know. |
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