The Vaccine Handbook

Tina Q. Tan is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending, Medical Director of the International Patient and Destination Services Program (IPS), co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. She is currently serving as the Vice President of the Lurie Children's Hospital Medical/Dental Staff. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. John P. Flaherty, MD, joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1988 and moved to Northwestern University in 2001 where he is Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Medical Education. He served as the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director for over 20 years and continues as the Microbiology Content Director for the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine curriculum. Dan P. Dunham, is Chair, Department of Medicine, Northwell/Lenox Hill Hospital. He spent 20 years at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, where he held several prominent roles, including as director of quality improvement, director of clinical practice and associate division chief in ambulatory medicine. Throughout these two decades, he also served in an educational capacity, starting off as an instructor and advancing to the role of professor. He received his medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago after completing his undergraduate degree with honors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and subsequently obtained his MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois School of Public Health in Chicago.

Introduction

PART I: VACCINE OVERVIEW
Vaccine Facts
Addressing Patient Concerns about Receiving Vaccines
Common Vaccines by Type
Administering Vaccines: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size

PART II: VACCINES THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE
2024 Infant, Child, and Adolescent Immunization Schedules
2024 Adult Immunization Schedules
Summary of Vaccines Routinely Recommended for Adults
Vaccines and Pregnancy

PART III: ROUTINE VACCINES FOR VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES
Diphtheria
Tetanus
Pertussis
Influenza
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Varicella-zoster (chickenpox)
Herpes-zoster (shingles)
Pneumococcal disease
Meningococcal disease
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Hemophilus influenza type B disease
Poliovirus infections
Rotavirus infections
COVID-19 (SARS Co-V2)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Dengue
Mpox (aka Monkeypox)
Contraindications and Precautions for Commonly Used Vaccines

PART IV: TRAVEL VACCINES
Yellow Fever
Typhoid Fever
Japanese encephalitis
Rabies
Cholera
Tick-Borne Encephalitis

References