The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously in October to approve changes to its recommendations for the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. The changes focus on evidence of immunity to measles and mumps, vaccination of HIV-infected people, and use of immune globulin (IG) for measles post-exposure prophylaxis.
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Changes to recommendations for the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine focus on evidence of immunity to measles and mumps, vaccination of HIV- infected people and use of immune globulin for measles post-exposure prophylaxis.
The criteria for evidence of immunity to measles and mumps for children and adults include the following changes:
The recommendations for vaccination of HIV-infected people were revised to simplify language (remove symptomatic and asymptomatic), to recommend that the second dose of MMR vaccine be given routinely at 4 to 6...
