Impact of the Sequential IPV/OPV Schedule on Vaccination Coverage Levels--United States, 1997
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Most parents are willing to have their children vaccinated with inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) initially, followed by oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) given as booster shots. OPV contains live poliovirus and there is a very small risk that the child might develop polio. In order to prevent this, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in Jan, 1997 recommended giving children IPV at 2 and 4 months of age, followed by OPV at 12-18 months and again at 4-6 years. A survey of two HMOs that adopted this recommendation found that the percentage of children who received IPV increased after this announcement.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Determination of deltoid fat pad thickness: implications for needle length in adult immunization
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Many needles used to administer vaccines may not be long enough to deliver the vaccine to the shoulder muscle. Researchers used ultrasound imaging to measure the size of the shoulder muscle in 126 women and 94 men. Women had more fat between their skin and the shoulder muscle compared to men. Almost half of the women would not have been adequately immunized with the standard 16-millimeter needles used with most vaccines because the needle would not have reached the muscle. Women who are overweight would need a 25- or 38-millimeter needle, since fat is often deposited on the upper arms.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Measles reimmunization in children seronegative after initial immunization
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A second measles vaccine a few years after the first should provide adequate protection against measles. After an outbreak of measles in vaccinated children between 1989 and 1991, a two-dose regimen was recommended. Researchers evaluated a second dose of vaccine in 130 schoolchildren who had not been adequately immunized by the first dose. Eighty-one percent subsequently developed antibodies against the measles virus. Children who had been vaccinated before the age of 13 months were most likely to need reimmunization.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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