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ACIP, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, has just concluded a two-day meeting.
This meeting dealt with issues such as the HPV (Human Papillomavirus), the 2010 childhood immunization schedule, Meningococcal vaccines, RotaVirus, the PCV13 pneumonia vaccine, along with influenza vaccines.
Lisa Schnirring of CIDRAP News brings us details on some of the epidemiological information presented today, including the ethnic impact of the H1N1 virus.
I’ve just posted the opening paragraphs, follow the link to read Lisa’s report in its entirety.
CDC notes change in ethnic pattern of H1N1 impact
Lisa Schnirring
Staff Writer
Oct 22, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control has seen a change in the ethnic distribution of fatal pandemic H1N1 influenza cases, a CDC official reported at a meeting of its vaccine advisory committee today.
In an update on epidemiologic patterns in the pandemic H1N1 outbreak, Lyn Finelli, PhD, head of surveillance for the CDC's Influenza Division, told the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that the high-risk groups haven't changed since the spring wave.
However, the impact of the virus on racial groups has changed some since the first wave, she told the group, whose meeting was streamed over the Web. Hispanic people had a higher proportion of deaths in the spring, probably because they had connections to people traveling to and from Mexico, where the outbreak is thought to have started. While the number of deaths in Hispanic people has fallen, since September the rate has risen among African Americans, Finelli said. She said the CDC tracks trends through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
