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Vaccine Research Group Recent Publications

  • Tucker SJ, Poland GA, Jacobson RM. Health and Safety: Requiring Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers. Am J Nurs. 2008 Feb;108(2):32-34.
  • Poland GA, Ofstead CL, Tucker SJ, Beebe TJ. Receptivity to Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policies for Healthcare Workers Among Registered Nurses Working on Inpatient Units. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;29(2):170-173.
  • Ofstead CL, Tucker SJ, Beebe TJ, Poland GA. Influenza Vaccination Among Registered Nurses: Information Receipt, Knowledge, and Decision-Making at an Institution With a Multifaceted Educational Program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;29(2):99-106.
  • Tosh PK, Boyce TG, Poland GA. Flu myths: dispelling the myths associated with live attenuated influenza vaccine. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Jan;83(1):77-84.
  • Poland GA. Pharmacology, vaccinomics, and the second golden age of vaccinology. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Dec;82(6):623-6.
  • Ovsyannikova IG, Johnson KL, Bergen HR 3rd, Poland GA. Mass spectrometry and peptide-based vaccine development. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Dec;82(6):644-52.
  • Targonski PV, Caldwell CR, Strausbauch M, Wettstein P, Poland GA, Tangalos EG. White blood cell telomerase activity and incident respiratory illness among community-dwelling elderly vaccinated against seasonal influenza. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Dec;82(6):694-9.
  • Poland GA, Ovsyannikova IG, Jacobson RM, Smith DI. Heterogeneity in vaccine immune response: the role of immunogenetics and the emerging field of vaccinomics. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Dec;82(6):653-64.
  • Poland GA, Schaffner W. Adult immunization guidelines: a patient safety and quality-of-care issue. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Nov 20;147(10):735-7.
  • Sambhara S, Poland GA. Breaking the immunogenicity barrier of bird flu vaccines. Lancet. 2007 Aug 18;370(9587):544-5.
  • Sambhara S, Bridges CB, Poland GA. H5N1 vaccine hits the target, but not the bull's eye. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Aug;7(8):503-5.
  • Ovsyannikova IG, Jacobson RM, Dhiman N, Vierkant RA, Pankratz VS, Poland GA. HLA homozygosity does not adversely affect measles vaccine-induced cytokine responses. Virology. 2007 Jul 20;364(1):87-94. Epub 2007 Mar 30.
  • St Sauver JL, Jacobsen SJ, Jacobson RM, Vierkant RA, Ovsyannikova IG, Dhiman N, Poland GA. Assessing participation bias in a population-based study of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine immunity in children and adolescents aged 12-18. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2007 Jul;21(4):376-84.
  • Dhiman N, Poland GA, Cunningham JM, Jacobson RM, Ovsyannikova IG, Vierkant RA, Wu Y, Pankratz VS. Variations in measles vaccine-specific humoral immunity by polymorphisms in SLAM and CD46 measles virus receptors. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007 Jun 7.
  • Poland GA, Jacobson RM. Protecting patients from harm: legislating vaccinations for healthcare workers. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Jun;32(6):544-6.
  • Targonski PV, Poland GA. Pneumococcal vaccination in adults: recommendations, trends, and prospects. Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Jun;74(6):401-6, 408-10, 413-4.
  • Jacobson RM, Targonski PV, Poland GA. Why is evidence-based medicine so harsh on vaccines? An exploration of the method and its natural biases. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3165-9. Epub 2007 Jan 17. Review.
  • Jacobson RM, Targonski PV, Poland GA. A taxonomy of reasoning flaws in the anti-vaccine movement. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3146-52. Epub 2007 Jan 18.
  • Jacobson RM, Targonski PV, Poland GA. Meta-analyses in vaccinology. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3153-9. Epub 2007 Jan 22. Review.
  • Poland GA, Jacobson RM, Targonski PV. Avian and pandemic influenza: an overview. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3057-61. Epub 2007 Jan 18. Review.
  • Jacobson RM, Ovsyannikova IG, Targonski PV, Poland GA. Studies of twins in vaccinology. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3160-4. Epub 2007 Jan 18. Review.
  • Ovsyannikova IG, Jacobson RM, Vierkant RA, Pankratz VS, Poland GA. HLA supertypes and immune responses to measles-mumps-rubella viral vaccine: findings and implications for vaccine design. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3090-100. Epub 2007 Jan 19.
  • Targonski PV, Jacobson RM, Poland GA. Immunosenescence: role and measurement in influenza vaccine response among the elderly. Vaccine. 2007 Apr 20;25(16):3066-9. Epub 2007 Jan 16. Review.
  • Juhn YJ, Kita H, Bagniewski SM, Weaver AL, Pankratz VS, Jacobson RM, Poland GA. Severity of childhood asthma and human leukocyte antigens type. J Asthma. 2007 Apr;44(3):163-8.
  • Kennedy R, Poland GA. T-Cell epitope discovery for variola and vaccinia viruses. Rev Med Virol. 2007 Mar-Apr;17(2):93-113. Review.
  • Ovsyannikova IG, Jacobson RM, Ryan JE, Dhiman N, Vierkant RA, Poland GA. Relationship between HLA polymorphisms and gamma interferon and interleukin-10 cytokine production in healthy individuals after rubella vaccination. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Feb;14(2):115-22. Epub 2007 Jan 10.
  • Nysse LJ, Pinsky NA, Bratberg JP, Babar-Weber AY, Samuel TT, Krych EH, Ziegler AW, Jimale MA, Vierkant RA, Jacobson RM, Poland GA. Seroprevalence of antibody to varicella among Somali refugees. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Feb;82(2):175-80.
  • Dhiman N, Ovsyannikova IG, Cunningham JM, Vierkant RA, Kennedy RB, Pankratz VS, Poland GA, Jacobson RM. Associations between measles vaccine immunity and single-nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine and cytokine receptor genes. J Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 1;195(1):21-9. Epub 2006 Nov 20.
  • Juhn YJ, Kita H, Lee LA, Smith RW, Bagniewski SM, Weaver AL, Pankratz VS, Jacobson RM, Poland GA. Childhood asthma and human leukocyte antigen type. Tissue Antigens. 2007 Jan;69(1):38-46.

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