Karina Top

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Karina Top Dalhousie University Profile

Research Interests

Dr. Karina Top’s research focuses on vaccine safety, including adverse events following immunization surveillance, the clinical management of patients who have experienced adverse events following immunization and vaccine safety and effectiveness in immune-compromised patients. Dr. Top is an investigator at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, investigator with the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT) and principal investigator of the Special Immunization Clinic Network in the Canadian Immunization Research Network.

Selected publications

  • McNair J, Smith A, Bettinger JA, Vaudry W, Tan B, Desai S, Halperin SA, Top KA; for the members of IMPACT. Invasive Haemophlus influenza type b (Hib) infections in children with cancer in the era of infant Hib immunization programs (1991-2014): a report from the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018;37(7):726–728. PubMed PMID: 29200182.

  • Top KA, Brna P, Ye L, Smith B. Risk of seizures after immunization in children with epilepsy: A risk interval analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2018;18(1):134. PubMed PMID: 29642863

  • Zafack JG, De Serres G, Kiely M, Gariépy MC, Rouleau I, Top KA; for the Canadian Immunization Research Network. Risk of recurrence of adverse events following immunization: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2017;140(3):e20163707. PubMed PMID: 28847985.

  • Top KA, Billard M-N, Gariepy M-C, Rouleau I, Pernica JM, Pham-Huy A, Quach C, Tran D, Vaudry W, Dobson S, Boucher FD, Carignan A, Jadavji T, McConnell A, McNeil SA, Halperin SA, De Serres G; Canadian Immunization Research Network’s (CIRN) Special Immunization Clinics Network investigators. Immunizing patients with adverse events following immunization and potential contraindications to immunization: A report from the Special Immunization Clinics Network. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016;35(12):e384-e391. PubMed PMID: 27626920.

  • Top KA, Arkell C, Scott H, McNeil SA, Mannerfeldt J, Ortiz JR, Lambach P, MacDonald NE. Effect of package insert language on health-care providers’ perceptions of influenza vaccination safety during pregnancy [Correspondence]. Lancet Glob Health. 2016;4(10):e690–e694. PubMed PMID: 27633430.

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