Update From the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Dec 3;7(4):270-274. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy070.

Abstract

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a group of medical and public health experts, meets 3 times per year to develop recommendations for vaccine use in the United States. The group has 15 voting members, and each member's term is 4 years. ACIP members and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff discuss the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine research, effectiveness, safety data, and clinical trial results. Representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics (J. D. C. and D. W. K.) and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (S. T. O.) are present as liaisons to the ACIP. The ACIP met on June 20 and 21, 2018, to discuss influenza vaccine effectiveness and safety, anthrax vaccination in the setting of a mass exposure, human papillomavirus vaccine, mumps vaccine, Japanese encephalitis vaccine, and pneumococcal vaccination among adults.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Advisory Committees
  • Aged
  • Anthrax Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Anthrax Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Anthrax Vaccines / supply & distribution
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule*
  • Infant
  • Influenza Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Influenza Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Mumps Vaccine / therapeutic use
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Vaccination / adverse effects
  • Vaccination / standards*
  • Vaccines / adverse effects
  • Vaccines / standards*
  • Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anthrax Vaccines
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines
  • Mumps Vaccine
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines
  • Vaccines