Infectious Diseases in Children Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Diseases in Children.

Table of Contents

• Transition from pediatric to adult care ‘takes a village’ for patients with developmental disabilities
• California state legislature votes to eliminate ‘personal belief’ vaccine waiver
• Recent advances may signal ‘landmark year’ for foodborne illness
• The planet’s children and their neglected tropical diseases Neeraj Mistry, MD, MPH; Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, FAAP
• The immunization discussion: Combating privilege, entitlement and ignorance William T. Gerson, MD
• Advisory committee offers guidance on FDA duodenoscope regulation
• Despite limitations, Twitter benefits infectious disease specialists
• Gene therapy effectively treats complications of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome in children
• Swine exposure at agricultural fair source of H3N2 outbreak
• Insurance coverage rates increase after rollout of Affordable Care Act
• Lake swimming source of Oregon norovirus outbreak
• Public health approach needed to curb incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome in US
• Autism diagnosis age differed by gender, symptom severity
• Children with ASD more frequently prescribed psychotropic medications
• Online consumers remain unaware of health risks associated with mobile infant walkers
• 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak prevalent in children with asthma
• Alcohol, marijuana use prevalent among children with chronic medical conditions
• Bullying increases risk for depression, anxiety in late adolescence
• Despite guidelines, half of children with asthma do not receive a management plan
• Majority of children with asthma unaware of peanut sensitivity
• Parenting magazine images may promote unsafe infant sleep environments
• Dystrophic toenails in a 4-year-old boy Carrie C. Coughlin, MD; Marissa J. Perman, MD
• Facial pruritus, erythema in an 11-year-old male James H. Brien, DO