TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Immunization Principles and Vaccine Use A1 - Schuchat, Anne A1 - Jackson, Lisa A. A2 - Kasper, Dennis A2 - Fauci, Anthony A2 - Hauser, Stephen A2 - Longo, Dan A2 - Jameson, J. Larry A2 - Loscalzo, Joseph PY - 2014 T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e AB - Few medical interventions of the past century can rival the effect that immunization has had on longevity, economic savings, and quality of life. Seventeen diseases are now preventable through vaccines routinely administered to children and adults in the United States (Table 148-1), and most vaccine-preventable diseases of childhood are at historically low levels (Table 148-2). Health care providers deliver the vast majority of vaccines in the United States in the course of providing routine health services and therefore play an integral role in the nation’s public health system. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/05/21 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120795755 ER -