INFECTIOUS DISEASE
FIGURE 8.3. Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule (2006).
(Adapted from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.Cispimmunize.org.))
TABLE 8.19. Common Vaccines and Their Contraindications
VACCINE CONTRAINDICATIONS
All Previous anaphylactic reaction to specific vaccine or
vaccine constituent
Live vaccines 1° or 2° immunodeficiency
MMR Pregnancy
Varicella Significant contacts of abovea
OPV
Influenza (live)
Oral yellow fever typhoid
Smallpox (vaccinia)
Influenza (inactivated) Anaphylactic reaction to eggs
HBV Anaphylactic reaction to baker’s yeast
HAV Anaphylactic reaction to 2-phenoxyethanol or alum
DTaP History of encephalopathy <7 days from prior DTaP
aFor live flu and vaccinia vaccines.
OPV=oral polio vaccine; HAV =hepatitis A virus; HBV =hepatitis B virus; MMR =measles,
mumps, rubella vaccine; DTaP =diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis vaccine.