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Vaccinations

Vaccinations

Gregory Poland

(2018)

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Abstract

Get a quick, expert overview of the essentials of today’s vaccinations for adults, including current guidelines and recommendations. This concise, clinically-focused resource, edited by Drs. Gregory A. Poland and Jennifer Whitaker, consolidates today’s available information on this important topic into one convenient resource, making it an ideal reference for primary care physicians and nurses who need easily accessible information on adult vaccination best practices.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Vaccinations i
Vaccinations iii
Copyright iv
List of Contributors v
Preface ix
Contents xi
1 - Vaccine Safety 1
INTRODUCTION 1
EXAMPLES OF ADVERSE REACTIONS 2
Common Adverse Reactions 2
Severe Adverse Reactions 3
Adverse Reactions Related to Vaccine Administration 3
CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR VACCINE SAFETY 3
Communicating With Patients About Vaccine Safety 3
Deciding to Vaccinate 4
Preventing Adverse Reactions Related to Vaccine Administration 4
When Prevention Strategies Do Not Exist 4
Managing Severe Adverse Reactions 5
Assessing Causality of an AEFI in an Individual Patient 5
Considerations for Giving Additional Doses After a Prior AEFI 5
Reporting AEFIs 6
SPECIAL POPULATIONS 6
Pregnant Women 6
Breastfeeding Women 6
Immunosuppressed and Immunocompromised Persons 6
HIV-Positive Persons 8
Persons With Autoimmune Conditions 8
Healthcare Workers and Household Contacts of Immunosuppressed Persons and Pregnant Women 8
VACCINE SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING 9
Prelicensure Safety Assessment 9
Postlicensure Safety Assessment 9
Postlicensure Safety Assessment Systems in the United States 10
The vaccine adverse event reporting system 10
The vaccine safety datalink (VSD) 10
CISA project 10
Postlicensure rapid immunization safety monitoring program 10
International Cooperation 10
Examples of Postlicensure Safety Assessments and Historical Impacts 11
MONITORING VACCINE SAFETY DURING PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES 11
2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic 12
Smallpox Vaccination Program 12
SAFETY OF ADJUVANTED VACCINES USED IN THE UNITED STATES 13
SELECTED VACCINE SAFETY CONCERNS 14
Autism Spectrum Disorders 14
Thimerosal 14
2009 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine with AS03 Adjuvant and Narcolepsy 14
Health Concerns Related to HPV Vaccine 14
Concerns About the Number and Frequency of Vaccines 14
HOW VACCINE SAFETY EVIDENCE IS REVIEWED AND TURNED INTO POLICY 15
COMPENSATION FOR VACCINE INJURIES 16
CONCLUSION 16
REFERENCES 16
2 - Interpersonal Communication Approaches to Increase Adult Vaccine Acceptance 25
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERVENTIONS 25
INTRODUCTION TO APPROACHES TO PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION 26
PRESUMPTIVE COMMUNICATION 26
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING 29
COGNITIVE STYLE–BASED INTERVIEWING 30
MESSAGE CONTENT 32
CORRECTING MYTHS 33
CONCLUSION 34
REFERENCES 34
3 - Special Considerations for Vaccines and the Elderly 35
INTRODUCTION 35
AGE, A SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC RISK FOR GETTING DISEASE 36
AGE, CLINICAL PRESENTATION, AND VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASE 36
Age and Clinical Presentation of Influenza 36
Vaccine preventable disability 37
Age and Presentation of Streptococcus Pneumoniae 39
AGE AND PRESENTATION OF HZ 41
AGE AND VACCINE IMPACT ON OUTCOMES 43
Age and Protective Efficacy of Influenza Vaccine 43
Age and Protective Efficacy of Pneumococcal Vaccine 43
Age and Protective Efficacy of Zoster Vaccine 44
Vaccine Impact on Thrombotic and CV Disease 44
IMMUNOSENESCENCE AND FACTORS THAT AFFECT IT 45
STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF IMMUNOSENESCENCE 46
BARRIERS TO VACCINATION 47
VACCINE USE IN LTC 47
WHAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE 48
SUMMARY 48
REFERENCES 49
4 - Herpes Zoster Vaccines: What's New? 55
HERPES ZOSTER 55
Clinical 55
Pathophysiology 55
Latency 55
VZV-specific immunity and latency 57
Clinical correlates when VZV-CMI fails to limit a reactivation event 57
HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE—LIVE 59
HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE—INACTIVATED 60
HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE–SUBUNIT 62
Rationale and Composition 62
HZ/su Efficacy Against HZ 62
HZ/su efficacy against PHN 63
HZ/su safety and tolerability 66
HZ/su in immunocompromised populations 67
HZ/su in previous ZVL recipients or prior HZ 68
Coadministration with other vaccines in the aging 68
MECHANISM OF ACTION AND IMMUNOGENICITY OF HZ/SU 68
VZV-Specific Immunity and Response to Reactivation 68
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ZVL AND HZ/SU 69
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EFFICACY OF HZ/SU IN AGING SUBJECTS 70
Future Topics 70
REFERENCES 70
5 - Zika Vaccines: Current State 75
HISTORY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ZIKA 75
ZIKA DISEASE 75
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES 76
IMMUNOLOGY OF ZIKA INFECTION 76
CURRENT VACCINE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 78
SCIENTIFIC, REGULATORY, AND ETHICAL BARRIERS/CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DESIGN AND TESTING OF A ZIKA VACCINE 81
Scientific Challenges 81
Ethical Challenges 84
Regulatory Challenges 84
Economic Challenges 85
SUMMARY 85
REFERENCES 85
6 - Influenza Vaccines—Are They Efficacious or Not? 89
HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES 89
THE TYPES OF INFLUENZA VACCINES 89
FORMULATION OF INFLUENZA VACCINES 90
VACCINE EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS STUDY DESIGN 90
OUTCOME OF INFLUENZA VACCINE EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES 90
DIRECT EFFECT IN DIFFERENT POPULATION 91
Healthy Children 91
Healthy Young Adults 91
Elderly Adults 95
Pregnant Women 95
INDIRECT PROTECTION AND HERD IMMUNITY 97
Indirect Effects of Vaccinating Children 97
Indirect Effects of Vaccinating Healthcare Workers 98
ISSUE OF REPEATED VACCINATION 98
CONCLUSION 99
REFERENCES 99
7 - Practical Use of Meningococcal Vaccines—Whom and When to Vaccinate 105
INTRODUCTION 105
Meningococcal Disease in the United States 105
Risk Factors for Meningococcal Disease and Carriage 106
Current Epidemiology 107
Characterization of N. meningitidis 109
BACKGROUND ON MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES 110
Measurement of Meningococcal Vaccine Immunogenicity 110
Measurement of Vaccine-Induced Strain Coverage 110
POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINES 110
POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE VACCINES 111
Immunogenicity of MCV4-DT and MCV4-CRM 112
Persistence of Serum Antibody 112
Vaccine Effectiveness 113
Safety 113
Impact on Pharyngeal Carriage 113
CAPSULAR GROUP B VACCINES 113
Immunogenicity of MenB-4C and MenB-FHbp 114
Persistence of Serum Antibody 115
Vaccine Effectiveness 115
Safety 116
Impact on Pharyngeal Carriage 117
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES RECOMMENDATIONS AND RATIONALE 117
Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccines 118
ROUTINE USE IMMUNIZATION 118
Persons Aged 11–18Years 118
Groups at Increased Risk of Disease or Exposure 119
8 - Vaccine Immunology: What Do Clinicians Need to Know? 131
INTRODUCTION 131
INDUCING A PROTECTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE—A TERMINOLOGY REFRESHER 131
Innate Immunity, Adaptive Immunity, and Memory 131
DIFFERENT MODES OF PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY—IMMUNE EFFECTOR PHENOTYPES 133
DIFFERENT TYPES OF VACCINES 134
Vaccine Immunogens—Antigen Discovery 134
ADJUVANTS 135
Assessing Vaccines—CoPs 135
FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOLOGY OF VACCINES—CONCLUDING REMARKS 136
REFERENCES 136
9 - Vaccine Use in Immunocompromised Adults: Challenges and Solutions 139
INTRODUCTION 139
GENERAL PRINCIPLES 139
LIVE ATTENUATED VACCINES 139
THE SPECTRUM OF IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS 140
VACCINATION TIMING 141
SPECIFIC IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS AND THERAPIES 141
HIV Infection 141
Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases and Immunosuppressive Therapy 143
Malignancy and Chemotherapy 144
HSCT Recipients 144
SOT Recipients 145
Before transplant 145
After transplant 146
Pregnancy 146
Splenectomy and functional asplenia 147
Primary immunodeficiencies 147
VACCINES FOR HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PERSONS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO WORK WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PERSONS 148
INACTIVATED VACCINES 148
Influenza Vaccines 148
High-dose IIVs 149
Adjuvanted IIVs 149
Intradermal Vaccine 150
Recombinant Influenza Vaccines 150
Booster Doses 150
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES 151
TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA, PERTUSSIS VACCINES 151
MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES 152
HIB VACCINES 152
Hepatitis B 152
High-dose vaccines 153
Intradermal vaccines 153
Adjuvanted vaccines 153
Hepatitis A 153
HPV VACCINES 154
LIVE VACCINES 154
MMR Vaccines 154
VZV Vaccines 154
Evidence of immunity 155
Varicella vaccine indications for adults 155
Varicella vaccine immunogenicity and correlates of protection 155
Contraindications to varicella vaccine administration 155
Zoster Vaccines 155
Live attenuated vaccine 155
Recombinant subunit vaccine 155
Zoster vaccine correlates of protection 156
Contraindications to Zoster vaccine administration 156
LIVE TRAVEL VACCINATIONS 156
CONCLUSIONS 156
REFERENCES 157
10 - Vaccines for Adult Travelers: When and Why? 163
VACCINES FOR ADULT TRAVELERS: WHEN AND WHY? 163
HEPATITIS A VACCINE 163
HEPATITIS B VACCINE 164
TYPHOID VACCINE 165
YELLOW FEVER VACCINE 166
MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE 168
CHOLERA VACCINE 169
Contraindications 170
Dosing of Vaxchora3 170
JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE 170
RABIES VACCINE 172
POLIO VACCINE 173
Contraindications 174
TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE 174
Contraindications 175
CONCLUSION 175
REFERENCES 175
11 - Immunizations for Healthcare Personnel 179
DEFINITIONS 179
PREEXPOSURE IMMUNIZATIONS 179
General Recommendations 179
Special Populations 182
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine 183
Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine 184
Varicella Vaccine 186
Influenza Vaccine 187
Pertussis Vaccine 189
Neisseria meningitidis Vaccines 190
POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS 190
General Recommendations 190
Measles 191
Hepatitis B 192
Varicella/Zoster 193
Influenza 194
Pertussis 195
Invasive N. meningitidis 195
Special Use Vaccine: Rabies 195
Special Use Vaccine: Hepatitis A 196
Special Use Vaccine: Diphtheria 196
REFERENCES 196
FURTHER READING 200
12 - Pneumococcal Vaccines in Adults: Who, What, When? 201
BACKGROUND 201
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AMONG ADULTS 202
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES FOR ADULTS 204
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine 204
History and development 204
Immunogenicity 204
Efficacy and effectiveness 204
Safety 204
Administration 205
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine 205
History and development 205
Immunogenicity 205
Efficacy and effectiveness 205
Safety 206
Index 213
A 213
B 213
C 213
D 214
E 214
F 214
G 214
H 214
I 214
J 215
K 215
L 215
M 215
N 215
O 215
P 215
R 216
S 216
T 216
V 216
Y 217
Z 217