The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has harmonized the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) since January 1995. Since the last schedule was issued in July 1996,1 the following developments with resulting changes in immunization recommendations have occurred:Committee on Infectious Diseases, 1996 to 1997Neal A. Halsey, MD, ChairpersonJon S. Abramson, MDP. Joan Chesney, MDMargaret C. Fisher, MDMichael A. Gerber, MDDonald S. Gromisch, MDSteve Kohl, MDS. Michael Marcy, MDDennis L. Murray, MDGary D. Overturf, MDRichard J. Whitley, MDRam Yogev, MDEx-OfficioGeorges Peter, MD Liaison RepresentativesRobert Breiman, MDNational Vaccine Program OfficeM. Carolyn Hardegree, MDFood and Drug AdministrationStephen Hadler, MDNational Immunization ProgramRichard F. Jacobs, MDAmerican Thoracic SocietyNoni E. MacDonald, MDCanadian Paediatric SocietyWalter A. Orenstein, MDNational Immunization ProgramN. Regina Rabinovich, MDNational Institutes of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesBen Schwartz, MDCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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A 1997 study studied this question.