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Challenges to vaccinating adolescents outlined

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 11th, 2005

Researchers outline challenges to vaccinating adolescents in a recent issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

According to a study from the United States, "Adolescent immunization is a growing field, with many new vaccines in development and new or expanded immunization recommendations on the horizon. Characteristics of adolescents and their health care are discussed, focusing specifically on the challenges of incorporating a potential recommendation to replace tetanus-diphtheria toxoid with tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine during early or middle adolescence as part of routine preventive care."

"Using the framework...

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