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Routine vaccination and vaccine‐preventable infections in children born to human immunodeficiency virus‐infected mothers
Author(s) -
Dunn DT,
Newell ML,
Peckham CS,
Eijden S
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01479.x
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , vaccination , pediatrics , rubella , adverse effect , pertussis vaccine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , measles mumps rubella vaccine , measles vaccine , virology , immunization , antibody
Information on vaccinations and vaccine‐preventable infections collected in a prospective study of children born to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected mothers was analysed for reports of adverse reactions and to estimate the clinical efficacy of vaccines. No vaccinated, HIV‐infected child developed measles (56 child‐years’follow‐up), mumps (33), rubella (33) or pertussis (239), and only one adverse reaction ‐ to Bacillus Calmette‐Guerin (BCG) ‐ was reported. These findings provide limited evidence of the safety and efficacy of routine vaccination of HIV‐infected children.