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Updated meningococcal vaccine/booster dose guidelines from the AAP

March 29, 2012

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In December 2011, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated recommendations for the meningococcal vaccine and booster dose.1

Updated recommendations include vaccinating adolescents at 11 or 12 years with the quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine and administering a booster dose at age 16 with the objective of protecting adolescents and young adults between 16 and 21 years when meningococcal disease rates peak.

The complete list of updated guidelines is available online in the journal Pediatrics.

1 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6040a4.htm?s_cid=mm6040a4_e%0d%0a

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