Background Influenza vaccine hesitancy is a significant threat to global efforts to reduce the
burden of seasonal and pandemic influenza. Potential barriers of influenza vaccination need …

Background Older adults from minority ethnic backgrounds are at increased risk of
contracting COVID-19 and developing severe infection and have increased risk of mortality …

Successful campaigns to combat the COVID-19 pandemic depend, in part, on people's
willingness to be vaccinated. It is therefore critical to understand the factors that determine …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Adults are at risk for illness, hospitalization, disability and, in
some cases, death from vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly influenza and …

Background Health care personnel have been identified by the ACIP as a priority group for
COVID-19 vaccination. We conducted a survey in November-December 2020 at two large …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Overall, the prevalence of illness attributable to vaccine-
preventable diseases is greater among adults than among children. Adults are …

This report updates the 2009 recommendations by CDC's Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine for the prevention and …

This report updates the 2004 recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine and antiviral agents (CDC …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Malaria in humans is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa of the
genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted by the bite of an infective female …

* Healthy People 2020 objectives and targets for immunization and infectious diseases are
available at https://www. healthypeople. gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/immunization-and …