Berge JJ, Drennan DP, Jacobs RJ, et al. The cost of hepatitis A infections in American adolescents and adults in 1997. Hepatology 2000;31:469-73.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/201006_05.pdf.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Estimating Seasonal Influenza-Associated Deaths in the United States: CDC Study Confirms Variability of Flu. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Flu Season. Page updated 7/16/2008. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Advisory. Measles outbreaks in the United States: Public health preparedness, control and response in healthcare settings and the community. Available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/Archivesys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00273.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hepatitis Overview. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/A/aFAQ.htm#overview.
Centers for Disease Control. Key Facts about Influenza. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR MorbMortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48(RR-12):1.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mumps. Traveler’s Health – Yellow Book. Available at. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2010/chapter-2/mumps.aspx.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio Vaccine. What you Need to Know. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-ipv.pdf.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention of herpes zoster: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Early Release. 2008;57:1-30.
Centers for Prevention and Health Services. Seasonal Influenza: The Economics of Vaccination Issue Brief. October 2006.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccines and Preventable Diseases: Pneumococcal Disease in Short. January 2009. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/in-short-both.htm.
Diphtheria. Medline Plus. Available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001608.htm.
Dunham, Will. Measles outbreak Hits 127 People in 15 State. Reuters. 9 July 2008. Available at http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0943743120080710.
Dunham, Will. U.S. reports biggest measles outbreak since 2001. Reuters. 1 May 2008. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0141448220080501.
Dworkin R, White R, O'Connor AB, et al. Health care expenditure burden of persisting herpes zoster pain. Pain Medicine. 2008;9(3):348-353.
Immunization Action Committee. Ask the Experts. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV). July 2009. Available at http://www.immunize.org/askexperts/experts_ppv.asp.
Immunizations for High Risk Populations. Available at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/421487. Accessed on July 9, 2010.
The Inflation Calculator. Available at http://www.westegg.com/inflation.
Lee GM, Lett S, Schauer S, et al., for the Massachusetts Pertussis Study Group. Societal costs and morbidity of pertussis in adolescents and adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:1572-1580.
Molinari N, Ortega-Sanchez I, Messonnier M, Thompson W, Wortley P, Weintraub E, et al. National expenditures on influenza: Estimating medical and indirect costs. Draft manuscript.
National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics Report. Deaths: Final Data for 2006. Vol. 57, 14 April 2009.
National Center for Health Statistics. National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1988 2006.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes. Available at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm.
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Facts About Pertussis for Adults. August 2008. Available at http://www.nfid.org/pdf/factsheets/pertussisadult.pdf. Accesses on July 7, 2010.
Nichol, KL., Lind A, Margolis KL, Murdoch M, McFadden R, Hauge M, Magnan S, Drake M. The Effectiveness of Vaccination Against Influenza in Healthy Working Adults. The New England Journal of Medicine. 10/5/1995.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Available at http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/older_workers/.