Main sources

American Academy of Pediatrics. 2018. Red Book: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. (external link) Kimberlin D, Brady M, Jackson M, et al. (eds.) American Academy of Pediatrics. Elk Grove Village, IL.

Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). 2018. Australian Immunisation Handbook [Internet] (external link). Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. 2024. Communicable Disease Control Manual. Wellington: Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Plotkin S, Orenstein W, Offit P, et al (eds). 2018. Plotkin’s Vaccines (7th edition). Philadelphia: Elsevier.

Information on New Zealand epidemiology is sourced from data collated by the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science), on behalf of the Ministry of Health, or from Analytical Services, Ministry of Health.

For the most up-to-date epidemiological data, see the PHF Science (external link) and Ministry of Health (external link) websites.