I know this is asking a lot...

[mamakah]

I have to write a research paper in my Biology class and I of course have chosen to write about immunization. I don't want to hand over the typical "Vaccines and Autism" paper that the professor probably sees often, I want to write about something else.
I was thinking of shrinking it down to just one vaccine, like Pertussis and it's effectiveness (or lack there of).
I'm just brainstorming here but need to have a set topic by next week.
Can anyone offer any grand ideas for me?
If you have an idea, do you have any studies or articles where I can start my research?
My old computer crashed where I had ALL my vax info saved!
Any thoughts, suggestions, or help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you!

[Turquesa]

How about the pertussis vaccine and its (in)ability to prevent transmission? You'll have to sift through the threads, but there have been some recent ones on this topic. It's important to bring this to light now that adults are getting guilted into getting the vaccine.

[HappyMommy2]

Or perhaps the link between the chicken pox vax and the increase in shingles. And shingles in younger people.

[mamakah]

Ooooo!! Both are great suggestions! I like the pertussis and it's inability to stop transmission, because it attacks the "herd immunity" argument. But, the chicken pox and shingles is a pretty great one too! Thank you! I know my MDC mamas would have good ideas!

[ema-adama]

Another one is serotype replacement as a result of mass vacciantion with HiB and PCV and the ethical implications for society.

[MountainMamaGC]

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/pdf/srugo.pdf

This is the CDCs paper on transmission despite vaccination.

[SuburbanHippie]

Those are all great topics! I almost chose the chicken pox vaccination for a research paper last semester, but my professor is young and mainstream so I changed it to breastfeeding. She wasn't even keen on that topic.

[mamakah]

Thanks so much everyone. The paper has to be less than 3000 words so I am trying to decide which topic I can shrink down to fit a paper that size.
I'm a little nervous about giving an "anti vax" paper to a biology professor, but she seems open and I think that it will be hard to deny some of the evidence that's out there on these subjects!