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Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Routine Poliovirus Vaccination
August 7, 2009 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Regarding Routine Poliovirus Vaccination in the MMWR Weekly, August 7, 2009 / 58(30);829-830.
These updates emphasize the importance of the booster dose at four years of age or greater, extend the minimum interval from dose three to dose four from four weeks to six months, add a precaution for the use of minimum intervals in the first six months of life, and clarify the poliovirus vaccination schedule when specific combination vaccines are used.
The document can be accessed on the internet at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5830a3.htm?s_cid=mm5830a3_e.
