Red Book®

** The Red Book is the foundational resource on pediatric infectious disease**

Featuring content from the latest (32nd) edition, the Red Book from the American Academy of Pediatrics  provides the most up-to-date information on a wide variety of infectious diseases that physicians encounter in children. Written by the top experts in the field and edited by the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),  as well as the combined expertise of the CDC, the FDA and hundreds of contributors, there is simply no better or more authoritative resource. 

The Red Book features: 
* Immunization Schedules - Recommended immunization and catch-up schedules for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. 
* Visual Library - More than 2,500 infectious disease images for use in diagnosis and presentations, including clinical manifestations, disease vectors, and etiology. 
* Vaccine Status Table - Current information about recently submitted, licensed, and recommended vaccines and biologics, including status of the FDA licensure process and related AAP/CDC recommendations. 
* Influenza Resources - A comprehensive list of influenza resources to serve as a centralized point of reference for vaccine guidance, prevention, treatment, payment, policies, news, and other information pertaining to influenza for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
* Standardized approaches to disease prevention through immunizations, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and infection-control practices have been updated.
* Appropriate topics throughout have been updated to be consistent with 2021 AAP and CDC vaccine recommendations for immunization of health care personnel, and drug recommendations from 2021 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy.

Author: Committee on Infectious Diseases
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics

Editor: David W. Kimberlin, MD, FAAP; Associate Editors: Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, FAAP; Ruth Lynfield, MD, FAAP; and Mark H. Sawyer, MD, FAAP

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