Title: MMWR Vol. 59 / No. RR-3
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Recommendations and Reports
Volume 59, No. RR-3
May 7, 2010
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Use of Combination Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella Vaccine
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices
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| This report presents new recommendations adopted in June 2009 by CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding use of the combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine (MMRV). For the first dose of measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccines at age 12–47 months, either measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and varicella vaccine or
the combination MMRV vaccine may be used. Unless the parent or caregiver expresses a preference for MMRV vaccine, CDC recommends that MMR vaccine and varicella vaccine should be administered for the first dose for this age group. For the second dose at any age (15 months–12 years) and for the first dose at age >48 months, use of MMRV vaccine generally is preferred over separate injections of MMR and varicella vaccines.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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