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Vaccination requirements for kindergarten entry vary by state, but all states require 2 doses of measles containing vaccine (MCV) at kindergarten entry.To assess (i) national MCV vaccination coverage for children who had attended kindergarten; (ii) the extent to which undervaccination after kindergarten entry is attributable to parents’ requests for an exemption; (iii) the extent to which undervaccinated...
Simultaneous administration of all age-appropriate doses of vaccines is an effective strategy for raising vaccination coverage. Vaccination coverage for ≥4 dose of DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis vaccine) among children 19–35months in the United States has not reached the Healthy People 2020 target of 90%. Risk factors for missed opportunities for simultaneous administration...
Routine administration of all age-appropriate doses of vaccines during the same visit is recommended for children by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).Evaluate the potentially achievable vaccination coverage for ≥4 doses of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine (4+DTaP), ≥4 doses of pneumococcal conjugate...
In 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) issued a joint statement on thimerosal in vaccines, which advised clinicians to temporarily postpone the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine for infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative women. In 2005, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated the strategy to improve...
A prospective study was performed to determine serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) from Chinese children <5 years old meeting pneumonia criteria. A total of 3865 children were enrolled and 338 S. pneumoniae isolates were obtained. The most frequent serotypes were 19F (55.6%), 19A (13.9%), 23F (10.1%), 6B (4.7%), and 14 (3.6%). The 7-, 10-...
To evaluate trends in national vaccination coverage from 2000 to 2007 among children aged 19–35 months for at least four doses of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccine (4+DTaP), three doses of poliovirus vaccine (3+Polio), one dose of measles–mumps–rubella vaccine (1+MMR), three doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (3+Hib), three doses of hepatitis B vaccine (3+HepB), one dose of Varicella...
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