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Dedication
This edition of the Red Book is dedicated to Caroline Breese Hall, MD, FAAP, who served the Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID) as member and chairman (her preferred term) from 19841995 and was associate editor of the Red Book for the 1986, 1988, and 1997 editions. Caren also was the principal, or a contributing author, on more than 50 COID statements and guidelines. Although impressive, numbers cannot capture Carens passion for the work of the COID, her love for her work, and her sincerity and . . . [Go to Full Text]