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PL CMO (2001)5: Current vaccine and immunisation issues

  • Document type:
    Professional Letter - Chief Medical Officer
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    15 October 2001
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    2001
  • Series number:
    PL CMO (2001)5
  • Pages:
    8
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

Update on several important immunisation issues, namely: introduction of a pre-school acellular pertussis booster immunisation; thiomersal in vaccines; MMR vaccine update; current meningitis issues (prevention of meningococcal infection associated with the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, and winter rise in meningitis). Equivalent to PL/CNO/2001/7 and PL/CPHO/2001/5

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