Recommended childhood immunization schedule - United States, 1997
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The 1997 US recommended childhood immunization schedule from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reflects the licensing of several new vaccines and prefers inactivated poliovirus vaccines to reduce risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis. A combination Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and hepatitis B vaccine for use whenever both vaccine components are recommended and a Hib vaccine for use only for the fourth dose in the Hib and DTP vaccination series have been licensed. New fourth and fifth dose vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis have also been licensed.
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, 1999
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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends several changes in the 1999 immunization schedule for children. Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) should be used for the first two polio vaccine doses. A new vaccine has been added to prevent rotavirus infections. All children 19 or younger should be vaccinated with the 5 microgram dose of the hepatitis B vaccine Recombivax. The acellular vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis should be used. The whole-cell diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine should only be used when the acellular vaccine is not available.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Status report on the Childhood Immunization Initiative: national, state, and urban area vaccination coverage levels among children aged 19-35 months - United States, 1996
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The Childhood Immunization Initiative (CII) has succeeded in raising vaccination rates in children but some states and urban areas are not meeting the standards. The CII states that 90% of all two-year-old children should be fully vaccinated against the major childhood diseases by 1996. Nationwide, these goals were met for the major vaccines, including the DTP vaccine, the polio vaccine, the measles vaccine and the Hib vaccine. In 1996, 30 states and 14 urban areas met the standards but many more did not. Birth and vaccination registries can help as well as educational programs for parents.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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