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Editorial
. 2020 Jul;20(7):1930-1931.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16112.

Decline in child vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic - Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016-May 2020

Cristi A Bramer  1 , Lynsey M Kimmins  1 , Robert Swanson  1 , Jeremy Kuo  1 , Patricia Vranesich  1   2 , Lisa A Jacques-Carroll  2 , Angela K Shen  2   3
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Editorial

Decline in child vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic - Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016-May 2020

Cristi A Bramer et al. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

This article describes a reduction in childhood vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may leave communities more vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Percentage of Michigan infants and children vaccinated at milestone ages* — Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. *Milestone age cohorts (average sample size: 9269 for 2016-2019, and 9539 for 2020) were assessed at a point in time in May of each year. Milestone age-based cohort assessments of recommended vaccine doses received were as follows: 1 month — 1st dose hepatitis B (HepB) within 3 days of life; 3 months — 2nd dose HepB, 1 rotavirus (Rota), 1 diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP), 1 Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), 1 pneumococcal conjugate (PCV), 1 inactivated poliovirus (IPV); 5 months — 2 HepB, 2 Rota, 2 DTaP, 2 Hib, 2 PCV, 2 IPV; 7 months — 2 HepB, up-to-date (UTD) Rota, 3 DTaP, UTD Hib, 3 PCV, 2 IPV; 16 months — 2 HepB, 3 DTaP, UTD Hib, 4 PCV, 2 IPV, 1 measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), 1 varicella (Var); 19 months — 3 HepB, 4 DTaP, UTD Hib, 4 PCV, 3 IPV, 1 MMR, 1 Var; 24 months — 3 HepB, 4 DTaP, UTD Hib, 4 PCV, 3 IPV, 1 MMR, 1 Var, 2 hepatitis A
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