title: Update From the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
abstract: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of medical and public health experts who develop recommendations on vaccine use in the United States. The ACIP meets 3 times per year, and members and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) staff present findings and discuss vaccine research, vaccine effectiveness (VE) and safety, clinical trial results, and labeling/package insert information. Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccine shortages are also discussed. Nonvoting representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society are present. The ACIP met on June 22-23, 2016 to discuss proposed recommendations for influenza vaccination, for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine dosing schedules, for the cholera vaccine (CVD 103-HgR), and for the use of MenACWY in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons, as well as an overview of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, safety of maternal tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) immunization, and laboratory containment of poliovirus type 2.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Leary
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kimberlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D026683:Advisory Committees; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000592:standards*; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015980:Public Health Practice / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination / Q000592:standards*
keywords: ACIP; CDC; immunization