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Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report [MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep] Journal article

TitleUpdate: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV vaccine.
Author(s)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 
SourceMMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008 Mar 14; 57(10):258-60.
MeSHChickenpox Vaccine
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Immunization Schedule
Infant
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Seizures
United States
Vaccination
Vaccines, Combined
AbstractOn February 27, 2008, new information was presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the risk for febrile seizures among children aged 12-23 months after administration of the combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine (ProQuad, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey). This report summarizes current knowledge regarding the risk for febrile seizures after MMRV vaccination and presents updated ACIP recommendations that were issued after presentation of the new information. These updated recommendations remove ACIP's previous preference for administering combination MMRV vaccine over separate injections of equivalent component vaccines (i.e., measles, mumps, and rubella [MMR] vaccine and varicella vaccine).
Languageeng
Pub Type(s)Journal Article
PubMed ID18340332