What vaccines cannot be given to children with Primary Immune Deficiency disease?
Children with primary immune deficiency diseases, especially those with defective T cells, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, ataxia telangiectasia, SCID, and Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome should not receive live vaccines, such as measles, mumps, rotavirus, BCG, and chicken pox (varicella) vaccines.1-2 The use of live polio vaccine in the United States has been discontinued and infants are now routinely vaccinated with the killed polio vaccine.2 Only killed tetanus and diphtheria vaccines are recommended for all children. For more information, consult your health-care provider.
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