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JAMA. 2006;296:2544-2547.

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MMWR. 2006;55:1124-1126

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One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to achieve and sustain 95% vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten through first grade for the following vaccines: hepatitis B vaccine; diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, or diphtheria and tetanus toxoids vaccine (DTP/DTaP/DT); poliovirus (polio) vaccine; measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines; and varicella vaccine.¹ To determine vaccination coverage among children entering kindergarten, data were analyzed from reports submitted to CDC by states and the District of Columbia (DC) for the 2005-06 school year. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that coverage for each vaccine was reported to have exceeded 95% in more than half of the states.

For the 2005-06 school year, DC and all states except two (Illinois and Wyoming) submitted reports of vaccination coverage levels for children entering kindergarten. Of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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