id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-303447-3a7jxl34 Cohn, Amanda C. Immunizations in the United States: A Rite of Passage 2005-05-28 .txt text/plain 7963 381 40 This article reviews the US immunization program with an emphasis on its role in ensuring that vaccines are effective, safe, and available and highlights several new vaccines and recommendations that will affect the health of children and adolescents and the practice of pediatric medicine in future decades. This article reviews the US immunization program with an emphasis on its role in ensuring that vaccines are effective, safe, and available and highlights several new vaccines and recommendations that will affect the health of children and adolescents and the practice of pediatric medicine in future decades. Before introduction of PCV7, Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) was a leading cause of infectious morbidity in young children in the United States, annually causing approximately 17,000 cases of invasive disease in children younger than 5 years old, including 700 cases of meningitis and 200 deaths. ./cache/cord-303447-3a7jxl34.txt ./txt/cord-303447-3a7jxl34.txt