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References to accompany the February 2016 issue of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand 


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  2. Salusto, F. et al. (2010). From vaccines to memory and back. Immunity. 33: 451-463.
  3. Shah, S. (2013). New threat from pox viruses. Scientific American.  308(3): 53-57.
  4. World Health Organisation. (2015). Measles fact sheet. No 286. Accessed January 2016. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/
  5. Sompayac, L. (2012). How the immune system works. (4th ed.). Melbourne: John Wiley & Sons.
  6. Pulendran, B. & Ahmed, R. (2011) Immunological mechanisms of vaccination. Nature Immunology. 12(6): 509-517.
  7. Coffman, R. Sher, A. & Seder, R. (2010). Vaccine adjuvants: Putting innate immunity to work. Immunity. 33: 492-503. 
  8. NIAID: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. (2015). Benefits of vaccine adjuvants. Accessed January 2016. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/adjuvants/Pages/Benefits.aspx
  9. WHO. (2015). Dengue vaccine research. Accessed January 2016. http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp
  10. NHPA National Health Performance Authority (Australia). (2014). Healthy communities: Immunisation rates for children in 2012-2013. Sydney: Commonwealth of Australia.
  11. IMAC (2012). Duration of immunity provided by vaccines. Accessed January 2016. http://www.immune.org.nz/duration-protection-efficacy-and-effectiveness
  12. Fine, P., Eames, K. & Heyman, D. (2011). “Herd immunity”: a rough guide. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 52(7): 911-916.
  13. Kwok, R. (2011). Vaccines: the real issues in vaccine safety.  Nature. 473: 436-438.
  14. Hayney, M. (2011). Recognition and management of anaphylaxis to vaccines. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 51(2): 314-315.
  15. Centres for Disease Control (2015). General recommendations on immunization. The Pink Book: Course Textbook. Accessed January 2016. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/genrec.html
  16. Puibllic Health England. (2013). Immunisation against infectious disease: the green book. Accessed January 2016. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation-against-infectious-disease-the-green-book
  17. Vogel, G. (2015). Why pandemic flu shot caused narcolepsy. Science. Accessed January 2016. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/07/why-pandemic-flu-shot-caused-narcolepsy
  18. Eisenstein, M. (2014). Public health: an injection of trust. Nature. 507: S17-S19.
  19. Leask, J. (2011). Target the fence sitters. Nature. 473: 443-445. 


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