The Clinician's Vaccine Safety Resource Guide

SECTION I: Introduction.- Introduction.- How to Talk with Patients About Vaccines.- Monitoring Vaccine Safety.- Vaccines and Pregnancy  .- Vaccines and Breastfeeding.- SECTION II: Vaccine and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Information Summaries.- Vaccine and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Information Summaries.- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).- Hepatitis A.- Hepatitis B.- Human Papillomavirus (HPV).- Influenza.- Measles, Mumps and Rubella.- Meningococcal.- Pneumococcal.- Polio.- Rotavirus.- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis.- Varicella and Herpes Zoster.- SECTION III: Potential Adverse Events Following Immunization.- Potential Adverse Events Following Immunization: Summaries of the Evidence.- Do Combination Vaccines or Simultaneous Vaccination Increase the Risk of Adverse Events?.- Do Vaccine Ingredients Cause Adverse Events?.- Do Vaccines Cause Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?.- Do Vaccines Cause Arthralgia or Arthritis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Asthma?.- Do Vaccines Cause Ataxia?.- Do Vaccines Cause Autism?.- Do Vaccines Cause Bell's Palsy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Brachial Neuritis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Chronic Inflammatory Disseminated Polyneuropathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Deltoid Bursitis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Diabetes?.- Do Vaccines Cause Disseminated Varicella Infection?.- Do Vaccines Cause Erythema Nodosum?.- Do Vaccines Cause Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hearing Loss?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hepatitis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Herpes Zoster?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hypersensitivity Reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis, hives)?.- Do Vaccines Cause Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?.- Do Vaccines Cause Meningitis or Encephalitis/Encephalopathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Multiple Sclerosis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Myocardial Infarction or Stroke?.- Do Vaccines Cause Myocarditis or Myocardopathy/Cardiomyopathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Narcolepsy?.- Do

Matthew Z. Dudley, PhD, MSPH

Epidemiologist, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health



Daniel A. Salmon, PhD, MPH

Professor, Departments of International Health and Health, Behavior and Society

Deputy Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health




Neal A. Halsey, MD

Emeritus Professor, Department of International Health,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Emeritus Professor, Department of Pediatrics,

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine



Walter A. Orenstein, MD, DSc (Hon)

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Global Health, and Epidemiology,

Emory University

Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center

Director, Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (Emory-UGA CEIRS)

President, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)



Rupali J. Limaye, PhD, MPH, MA

Associate Director for Behavioral Research, Institute for Vaccine Safety

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health



Sean T. O'Leary, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases

University of Colorado School of Medicine



Saad B. Omer, MBBS, PhD, MPH

William H. Foege Professor of Global HealthProfessor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, Emory University

"This is a compendium of the current evidence-based practices concerning vaccines for children and adults. ... This is one of the most important books for clinicians to have available today as every one of them has been and will be challenged with these questions. This is one of the very few must-have books." (Vincent F Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, May 03, 2019)