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Supply of Key Children's Vaccine Almost Back to Normal
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 "The information we are getting at CDC is that we are missing about 40 percent of cases," Jackson said in November. "That's a little worrisome because that's 40 percent of people we don't know if they have type b, which is the vaccine-preventable one, the one we are really worried about, or if they have something else. It makes it harder for us to see changes in Hib if there really is something going on in the population."
Dr. Marc Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, said at the time that parents whose children missed the booster shot shouldn't panic.
"There used to be 20,000 cases a year, but the vaccine has brought it to less than 100," Siegel said. "The numbers remain small. We've almost stamped this thing out with the vaccine, so don't assume your kid is going to get it."
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SOURCES: Michael Jackson, Ph.D., epidemiologist, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Amy Rose, spokeswoman, Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, N.J.; Marc Siegel, M.D., associate professor, medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York City; June 26, 2009, and Nov. 21, 2008, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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