Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis.  2008 May;15(1):1-4. 10.14776/kjpid.2008.15.1.1.

Immunization schedule recommended by Korean pediatric society, 2008

• Lee HJ

• KMID: 2439935
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14776/kjpid.2008.15.1.1

Abstract

Immunizations are among the most cost-effective and widely used public health interventions. This is a report a revision of recommendation of immunization for children by Korean Pediatric Society. Immunization. Vaccines were divided into 4 groups. 1) Vaccines that are recommended to all infants and children (BCG, hepatitis B vaccine, DTaP, Td, Polio vaccine, Japanese encephalitis vaccine, MMR, varicella vaccine, influenza vaccine [6-23 months of age], H. influenzae type b vaccine), 2) those that can be administered to all infants and children, but decision of administration is made by parents (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, hepatitis A vaccine, influenza vaccine [healthy children ≥24 months of age], rotavirus vaccine, human papilloma virus vaccine), 3) those that should be given to high risk group (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine [high risk patients ≥24 months of age], influenza vaccine [high risk patients ≥24 months of age], typhoid vaccine), and 4) those administered for control of outbreaks or prevention of emerging infectious diseases. Immunization schedule recommended by Korean Pediatric Society in 2008 is presented.

Keyword

Immunization; Vaccine; Guideline

MeSH Terms

Chickenpox Vaccine
Child
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Disease Outbreaks
Encephalitis, Japanese
Hepatitis A Vaccines
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Humans
Immunization Schedule*
Immunization*
Infant
Influenza Vaccines
Influenza, Human
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Papillomaviridae
Parents
Poliomyelitis
Public Health
Rotavirus
Typhoid Fever
Vaccines
Chickenpox Vaccine
Hepatitis A Vaccines
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Influenza Vaccines
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Vaccines