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JAMA. 1999;281:601-603.

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MMWR. 1999;48:12-16

Each year, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviews the recommended childhood immunization schedule to ensure it remains current with changes in manufacturers' vaccine formulations, revised recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines, and recommendations for newly licensed vaccines. This report presents the recommended childhood immunization schedule for 1999 (Figure 1) and explains the changes that have occurred since January 1998.

Since the publication of the recommended childhood immunization schedule in January 1998,¹ the ACIP, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have narrowed the recommended options for the use of poliovirus vaccine and have endorsed the use of the newly licensed oral, tetravalent rotavirus vaccine. In addition, recommendations were revised or clarified for the use of hepatitis B vaccine in infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative mothers, the use of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and . . . [Full Text of this Article]