Use of Ebola Vaccine: Expansion of Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Include two Additional Populations — United States, 2021

Authors and Disclosures

Jason H. Malenfant, MD^1,2, Allison Joyce, MSc², Mary J. Choi, MD², Caitlin M. Cossaboom, DVM, PhD², Amy N. Whitesell, MPH², Brian H. Harcourt, PhD², Robert L. Atmar, MD³, Julie M. Villanueva, PhD², Beth P. Bell, MD⁴, Christine Hahn, MD⁵, Jamie Loehr, MD⁶, Richard T. Davey, MD⁷, Armand Sprecher, MD⁸, Colleen S. Kraft, MD⁹, Trevor Shoemaker, PhD², Joel M. Montgomery, PhD², Rita Helfand, MD², Inger K. Damon, MD, PhD², Sharon E. Frey, MD¹⁰ and Wilbur H. Chen, MD<sup>11

1</sup>Epidemic Intelligence Service, CDC; ²Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC; ³Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ⁵Idaho Department of Health and Welfare; ⁶Cayuga Family Medicine, Ithaca, New York; ⁷National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland; ⁸Médicins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium; ⁹Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; ¹⁰Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; ¹¹University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Corresponding author
Jason H. Malenfant, rix3@cdc.gov.

All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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Summary

What is already known about this topic?

Preexposure vaccination against Ebola virus disease is currently recommended for adults aged ≥18 years in the United States who are at highest risk for occupational exposure to Ebola virus.

What is added by this report?

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has expanded recommendations to include two additional populations at high risk for potential occupational exposure to Ebola virus: health care personnel at special pathogens treatment centers and laboratorians and support staff members at Laboratory Response Network facilities.

What are the implications for public health practice?

Ebola virus remains an international and domestic public health threat. Preexposure vaccination can protect those at occupational risk for exposure to Ebola virus.