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Varicella Vaccination in a Primary Care Pediatric Practice
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:608-609.
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Since receiving US Food and Drug Administration approval in March 1995, varicella vaccine has subsequently been recommended by both the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Public Health Service and the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics.1-2 Universal vaccination of all infants in the first 12 to 18 months of life is suggested. Susceptible children and adults should also be vaccinated. Persons older than 13 years should receive 2 doses of vaccine scheduled 1 to 2 months apart. Despite recommendations, acceptance of varicella vaccine is still quite variable.3
Routine varicella vaccination at Duke Children's Primary Care Clinics in Durham, NC, began on July 1, 1995. The clinic's policy is to recommend the concurrent administration of varicella vaccine and measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine at 1 year of age. Older children are largely immunized at the request of the parent or after suggestion by the health . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Elizabeth Kahn Meine;
Steven Russell Bailey, MD, MPH;
Robert P. Drucker, MD;
Dennis A. Clements, MD, PhD;
Emmanuel Walter, MD, MPH
Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit
Duke University Medical Center
4020 N Roxboro Rd
Durham, NC 27704
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