Published online January 2, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 1 January 2007, pp. 207-208 (doi:10.1542/10.1542/peds.2006-3309)

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POLICY STATEMENT

Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adolescents—United States, 2007

Committee on Infectious Diseases

The annual recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents in the United States for 2007 were approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. These schedules reflect current recommendations for use of vaccines licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration. In view of the increasing complexity of the immunization schedule, the 2007 recommendations for children and adolescents have been divided into 2 separate schedules: one for children 0 to 6 years of age and one for those 7 to 18 years of age.

The 2007 schedules reflect the following major changes:

• The addition of oral live rotavirus vaccine for routine administration to all infants at ages 2, 4, and 6 months of age.¹
  
• Routine administration of a second dose of varicella vaccine at 4 to 6 years of age.
  
• The addition of human papillomavirus vaccine for girls 11 to 12 years of age, with catch-up immunization of girls 13 to 18 years of age. This vaccine, administered intramuscularly in a 3-dose series at 0, 2, and 6 months is expected to prevent most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts.
  
• The age range for annual administration of influenza vaccine has been expanded to children 6 to 59 months old. Vaccine is also recommended for close contacts of children 0 to 59 months old.²
  

Clinically significant adverse events that follow immunization should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Guidance about how to obtain and complete a VAERS form can be obtained on the Internet at www.vaers.hhs.gov or by calling 800-822-7967. Information on new vaccine releases, vaccine supplies, and statements on specific vaccines can be found at www.aap.org and www.cdc.gov/nip. Vaccine-related updates are available online at www.aapredbook.org.

	Committee on Infectious Diseases, 2006–2007

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Joseph A. Bocchini Jr, MD, Chairperson

Robert S. Baltimore, MD

Henry H. Bernstein, DO

John S. Bradley, MD

Michael T. Brady, MD

Penelope H. Dennehy, MD

Margaret C. Fisher, MD

Robert W. Frenck Jr, MD

David W. Kimberlin, MD

Sarah S. Long, MD

Julia A. McMillan, MD

Lorry G. Rubin, MD

	Liaisons

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Richard D. Clover, MD

American Academy of Family Physicians

Marc A. Fischer, MD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Richard L. Gorman, MD

National Institutes of Health

Douglas R. Pratt, MD

Food and Drug Administration

Anne Schuchat, MD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Benjamin Schwartz, MD

National Vaccine Program Office

Jeffrey R. Starke, MD

American Thoracic Society

Jack Swanson, MD

Practice Action Group

	Ex Officio

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Larry K. Pickering, MD

Red Book Editor

	Consultant

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Edgar O. Ledbetter, MD

	Staff

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Alison Siwek, MPH

	FOOTNOTES

 
All policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.

	REFERENCES

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1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Prevention of rotavirus disease: guidelines for use of rotavirus vaccine. Pediatrics. 2007;119 :171 –181[Abstract/Free Full Text]
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [published correction appears in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55:800]. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2006;55(RR-10) :1 –42

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The following policy statement is a revision:

Recommended Immunization Schedules for Children and Adolescents United States, 2008

Pediatrics 121: 219-220. [Full Text]

The following policy statement has been revised:

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule--United States, 2006

Pediatrics 117: 239-240. [Full Text]

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