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.DanP. 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 OVERVIEWVaccine FactsAddressing Patient Concerns about Receiving VaccinesCommon Vaccines by TypeAdministering Vaccines: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size PART II: VACCINES THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE2024 Infant, Child, and Adolescent Immunization Schedules2024 Adult Immunization SchedulesSummary of Vaccines Routinely Recommended for AdultsVaccines and Pregnancy PART III: ROUTINE VACCINES FOR VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASESDiphtheriaTetanusPertussisInfluenzaHepatitis AHepatitis BMeaslesMumpsRubellaVaricella-zoster (chickenpox)Herpes-zoster (shingles)Pneumococcal diseaseMeningococcal diseaseHuman Papilloma Virus (HPV)Hemophilus influenza type B diseasePoliovirus infectionsRotavirus infectionsCOVID-19 (SARS Co-V2)Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)DengueMpox (aka Monkeypox)Contraindications and Precautions for Commonly Used Vaccines PART IV: TRAVEL VACCINESYellow FeverTyphoid FeverJapanese encephalitisRabiesCholeraTick-Borne Encephalitis References