title: Immunization update.
abstract: During the 1970s and the early 1980s, immunization practices in the United States were unchanged. Immunization against pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, and polio were routinely administered to children. Infections with these organisms declined dramatically. Nonetheless, research was vigorous, culminating in the 1980s in new vaccines and changes in immunization strategies and practices. This presentation will focus on these changes: universal hepatitis B immunization; two-dose schedule for the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, Hemophilus influenza type B vaccine for infants, acellular pertussis vaccine as booster immunizations, the inactivated polio vaccine, and the yet-to-be-licensed live varicella vaccine.
authors: UMC Children's Hospital, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Feldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine