Single-antigen varicella vaccine also is recommended for all people ≥ 13 years who do not have evidence of immunity to varicella (see CDC: Adult Immunization Schedule by Age.) Evidence of immunity consists of one of the following: Documentation of 2 doses of varicella vaccine given ≥ 4 week...
Merck Vaccine Division. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously recommends addition of a second dose of chickenpox-containing vaccine to childhood immunization schedule. Press Release. West Point, PA: Merck & Co., Inc.; June 2006. Mir FA, Kane SV. Health maintenance in inflamma...
, a measles/mumps/rubella/varicella (MMRV) combination vaccine, is licensed for use in persons aged 12 months to 12 years with a similar dosing schedule.18 Nonimmunized adolescents should receive two doses of varicella vaccine, with a minimum interval of 4 weeks between doses. The vaccine is...
Varicella vaccination is recommended as part of the routine vaccination schedule, and two doses are given to children between 12 and 18 months of age. In addition, it is recommended for the following persons if they have not had evidence of past varicella infection: health care workers...
(with monovalent or combined vaccines) have the opportunity to evaluate the merits of a one- or two-dose schedule. In the USA, after a rapid decline in varicella incidence following the introduction of a one-dose vaccination strategy from 1995, the number of cases at CDC surveillance sites ...
Myeloma patients comprised 23% of the study population who received a two-dose vaccine schedule. In a post-hoc analysis of the data, vaccine efficacy was 87.2% in the immunosuppressed population. To date, the ACIP suggests use of the RZV in patients receiving low-dose immunosuppressive therapy ...
In February 2018, the CDC approved the 2018 adult immunization schedules. Changes to the 2018 schedule regarding zoster vaccines includes the following:[10, 11] Administer two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) (Shingrix) 2-6 months apart to adults aged 50 years or older regardless of...
Delay in vaccination schedule may result in increased risk of vaccine-preventable outbreaks. Lack of parental confidence in vaccines and sociodemographic factors could be related to those delays. Vaccine Confidence Index (VCI) is an indicator to estimate confidence in vaccines, composed of simple dimens...
2007, when a second dose was shown to offer even greater protection than one dose130, a two-dose schedule, with the second dose given at aged 4–6 years or at least 3 months after the first dose, was recommended by the CDC9. Two doses of the varicella vaccine are also recommended ...
No child developed the disease after receiving 2 doses of vaccine.99 Varicella vaccination can follow a one or two-dose schedule. The second dose makes it possible to achieve greater protection against all forms of varicella32 Beyond the economic debate on the use of one or two doses of ...