Yellow fever vaccine : recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2002

Abstract

This report updates CDC's recommendations for using yellow fever vaccine (CDC. Yellow Fever Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices: MMWR 1990;39[No. RR-6]1-6). The 2002 recommendations include new or updated information regarding 1) reports of yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease (previously reported as febrile multiple organ system failure); 2) use of yellow fever vaccine for pregnant women and persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and 3) concurrent use of yellow fever vaccine with other vaccines. A link to this report and other information related to yellow fever can be accessed at the website for Travelers' Health, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, at http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm, and through the website for the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ dvbid/yellowfever/index.htm.Introduction -- Yellow fever vaccine -- Precautions and contraindications -- Surveillance and research priorities -- References -- Appendix: Waiver letters from physiciansprepared by Martin S. Cetron, Anthony A. Marfin, Kathleen G. Julian, Duane J. Gubler, Donald J. Sharp, Rachel S. Barwick. Leisa H. Weld, Robert Chen, Richard D. Clover, Jaime Deseda-Tous, Victor Marchessault, Paul A. Offit, and Thomas P. Monath."November 8, 2002."The material in this report originated in the National Center for Infectious Diseases, James M. Hughes, M.D., Director, and the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Tony D. Perez, Director.Includes bibliographical references (p. 9-10).Infectious DiseasePrevention and ControlSupersededACIPEMBeltrami9/02/20151243719