AAP Releases 2008 Immunization Schedules For Children, Adolescents, USA
Schedule changes include: a single dose of pneumoccoal conjugate vaccine for healthy children ages 24 to 59 months who are incompletely immunized; expansion of the age recommendations for the use of the live attenuated influenza vaccine to include healthy children as young as 2 years old; a reduced time interval for the administration of the second dose of live attenuated nasal influenza vaccine (when a second dose is required) from 6 to 4 weeks; and a single dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine for all adolescents 11-to-18 year olds, if not previously administered, and for 2-to-10 year-old children at increased risk for meningococcal disease. The schedule reflects current recommendations for use of US Food and Drug Administration licensed vaccines.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
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