Adult Immunizations

1 January 1996 | Volume 124 Issue 1 Part 1 | Pages 35-40

New vaccines have been licensed for hepatitis A, varicella, and typhoid.This paper reviews these vaccines and their recommended uses in adults. Special attention is given to a new national policy establishing age 50 years as a time for review of preventive health measures with emphasis on evaluating risk factors that indicate a need for pneumococcal vaccine and the initiation of annual influenza immunization.

Author and Article Information

From the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado; Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota; Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee; University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Linda Johnson White and Bobbie Lewis, of the American College of Physicians, for their assistance.
Requests for Reprints: Pierce Gardner, MD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8432.
Current Author Addresses: Dr. Gardner: School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8432.