JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Multicenter Study
Association of Routine Infant Vaccinations With Antibody Levels Among Preterm Infants.
The standard schedule of national immunization programs for infants may not be sufficient to protect extremely and very preterm infants. ⋯ Among preterm infants, administration of routine vaccinations during the first year of life was associated with protective antibody levels against most antigens in the majority of infants after the primary series and booster, except for Haemophilus influenzae type b. However, antibody concentrations were generally lower among preterm infants compared with historical controls.