Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Perspective
Diphtheria in the Former Soviet Union: Reemergence of a Pandemic Disease
Charles R. Vitek
and Melinda Wharton
and Melinda WhartonTable 2
Diphtheria vaccination schedule (Soviet Union 1965–1991, Russian Federation 1991–97, Ministry of Health, Russian Federation)
| Yeara |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |
1980 |
1987 |
1994 |
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| Age | Alternative A | Alternative B | Alternative A | Alternative B | ||
| 3-18 mo | DTP | DTP | DT or Td | DTP | DT or Td | DTP |
| (infancy) | (3 doses) | (3 doses) | (2 doses) | (3 doses) | (2 doses) | (3 doses) |
| 18-36 mob | DTP | DTP | DT or Td | DTP | DT or Td | DTP |
| 6 yr | DTP | Td | Td | |||
| 9 yr | Td | |||||
| 11-12 yr | Td | Td | d | |||
| 16 yr | Td (after 1983) | Td | Td | |||
aAntigenic content of Russian-manufactured vaccine: DTP = 15 lf units diphtheria toxoid per dose; DT = 30 lf units diphtheria toxoid per dose; Td = 5 lf units diphtheria toxoid per dose;
d = 5 lf units diphtheria toxoid per dose.
bTo be given 12-18 months after last infancy dose.
