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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: April 2014

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup

This manual provides guidelines for people involved in surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD), especially people at local health departments. For each disease, the manual has a chapter describing: 

  • The importance of identifying cases quickly 
  • The need to set goals for disease reduction 
  • Case definitions
  • Why it’s important to collect data during case investigation
  • Activities for enhanced surveillance 
  • Activities for case investigation 
  • Activities for controlling outbreaks

The manual also includes a section for inserting state-specific guidance for vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Maintain the elimination of measles, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, and polio — IID‑01
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Front Portion of Surveillance Manual: Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/surv-manual/php