Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Older Adults
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Quebec City - Pneumococcal disease has a bimodal pattern of presentation, affecting the very young and the very old. In 2002, depending on the province, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine was incorporated into publicly funded...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Adjuvanted Vaccines and the Immune System: Improving Response of Influenza Vaccines in the Elderly
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Quebec City - Adjuvants are often added to a vaccine in order to activate immune responses robust enough to protect against infection. In the elderly, the cytotoxic T-cell response to immunization is typically blunted, resulting in...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
HPV Vaccination for Males—Disease Burden Equivalent to Females
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Quebec City - Currently, vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is offered to females between 9 and 26 years of age, but uptake of the vaccine varies from province to province and many young women remain unvaccinated. Many now...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Publicly-funded Childhood Immunization Programs: Update on the 13-valent Pneumococcal Vaccine
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Quebec City - The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has been part of the publicly-funded childhood immunization program for a number of years. With its high efficacy and uptake rates, the incidence of invasive pneumococcal...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Enhancing Awareness and Uptake of Adult Vaccination
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Health care professionals (HCPs) with an interest in adult immunization should take advantage of every opportunity to discuss vaccination needs with their patients in order to enhance the likelihood that adults will be both interested in...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Update on Clinical Findings from Meningococcal Vaccine Trials
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
IMPACT (Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive) surveillance data presented here at the CIC by Dr. Julie Bettinger, Assistant Professor, Vaccine Evaluation Centre, and Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Public Health Programs: Burden of Disease, Cost-Effectiveness Key Factors in Funding Decisions
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Funding a public health program requires economic assessment of that program and attempts must be made to quantify both the burden of illness and the impact that illness has on quality of life. In the case of rotavirus (RV) infection, it is...
PRIORITY PRESS - 9th Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)
Global Experience with Publicly-funded Rotavirus Vaccination Programs
Quebec City, Quebec / December 5-8, 2010
Rotavirus (RV) infection is associated with a substantial disease burden in Canadian children, as demonstrated by Dr. Nicole Le Saux, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, London. In a Toronto-based study carried out by Ford-Jones...
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October-December 2010
Broadening HPV vaccination to boys, men Elbasha E, Dasbach E. Impact of vaccinating boys and men against HPV in the United States. Vaccine 2010;28:6858-67. Kim J. Targeted human papillomavirus vaccination of men who have sex with men in...