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Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
3rd Edition, 2002

The Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases provides current guidelines for those directly involved in surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases, especially personnel at the local health departments. For each of the vaccine-preventable diseases, this manual includes a chapter describing the importance of rapid case identification; the importance of surveillance; disease reduction goals; case definitions (including clinical description and case classifications); epidemiologically important data to be collected during case investigation; activities for enhancing surveillance; activities for case investigation; and activities for outbreak control. Other chapters include information on surveillance indicators; surveillance data analyses; reporting adverse events following vaccination; and enhancing surveillance. In addition, the manual includes a section reserved for insertion of state-specific guidance for VPD surveillance and extensive appendices.

The Pink Book, 10th Edition (cover)

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List of Front Matter

List of Chapters

List of Appendices

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This page last modified on April 30, 2008
Content last reviewed on September 16, 2006
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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