Contemporary Clinical Immunology and Serology 1st Edition by Kate Rittenhouse Olson,Ernesto DeNardin

Exercise 2

In the United States, why is rubella vaccination not given until 12 to 15 months after birth?
A) Children younger than 2 do not make good antibody to capsular polysaccharides.
B) Children receive many other vaccinations earlier in their lives, so we do not want competition to occur.
C) Attenuated organisms are not given to such young children.
D) Maternal antibody would interfere with infant Ab development.