Immunization of adolescents: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Association
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Several medical organizations have jointly recommended a routine visit at age 11 to 12 for vaccination. In children not already covered, they recommend immunization against hepatitis B, a second dose of measles-mumps-rubella, and a tetanus-diphtheria booster. They recommend chicken pox immunization in children who have not had the disease, yearly influenza vaccination in susceptible children such as asthmatics, pneumococcal vaccination in those at increased risk for pneumonia such as sickle-cell disease patients, and hepatitis A vaccination for those likely to be exposed to hepatitis A, who have chronic liver disease, or who administer clotting factor.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule--United States, 2001
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An updated schedule for childhood vaccination for the year 2001 is presented. Additions include the pneumonococcal conjugate vaccine and an extension of the hepatitis A vaccine to all people up to the age of 18 in certain geographic areas and high-risk groups.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0-18 years - United States, 2008
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The recommended vaccines and immunization schedules as prescribed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for children from 0-18 years in the U.S. for the year 2008 is presented.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2008
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