Joel Blostein

TL;DR: Findings highlight the importance of case-based reporting of varicella and the exclusion of patients from school until all lesions crust or fade away and a period of > or =4 years since vaccination was a risk factor for breakthrough disease.

TL;DR: To reduce the impact of imported cases, high measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine coverage rates should be maintained throughout the US, and support should continue for global measles control and elimination.

TL;DR: This outbreak highlights the need to maintain the highest possible vaccination coverage in the United States, along with disease surveillance and outbreak-containment capabilities, and organizers of large-scale events attended by international travelers, especially youths, should consider documentation of adequate participant vaccination.

TL;DR: The routine 2-dose varicella vaccination program appears to have significantly reduced the number, size and duration ofvaricella outbreaks in the US during 2005–2012.

TL;DR: Levels of prior hepatitis B infection for all age groups were lower than the break-even seroprevalence standard from which cost-effectiveness was calculated, and it was concluded that routine preimmunization screening for prior hepatitis A infection would not be cost-effective for this population.