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NAHEMS Guidelines: Vaccination for Contagious Diseases, Appendix C: Vaccination for High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This Appendix is intended to provide relevant information for federal and state officials and other interested parties who will participate in making decisions related to vaccination as an aid in controlling an HPAI outbreak in the U.S. The following topics are presented and discussed: Important characteristics of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI); Characteristics of vaccines; Strategies for vaccine use; Various factors that must be considered when designing an effective vaccination program. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) has a separate document, HPAI Response Plan: The Red Book that identifies the capabilities needed to respond to an HPAI outbreak in the United States as well as identifying all the critical activities involved in responding with the corresponding time-frames. Please refer to that document for those specific details.

Source: Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University)

Authors: Anna R. Spickler, James A. Roth

Language: English

Topic: Influenza Virus Research Studies

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Iowa State University, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

OpenAlex ID: W2212413803

FWCI: 0.24

Cites: 629

Cited by: 1

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