Show It Replu ces Les-Effecti- Version ve P New Vaccine for Children Called 'Significant By Ann W o ribune Stuff W rt r A virvon of a vanne that liron-cyoungster agjin-- t a 1‘ thal form of meningitis was ojitd Thursday as a “significant advance in rmdnne'i quo--- against he diLeave The new vaccine against Hamo-philuinflui-nn- ' P pe b IBb) is more effective than its predecessor in preventing complications of Hib m vounger children Each year 20 000 merman youngsters suffer Hib ir factions half of th m rr In Utah last year 67 of the 69 u re-lu'- mn--’iti- a reported cats of tarkrial were caused b m rungi-- i Hib Other dis--ase- s caused by Hib include epiglot otiB a throat infection that can Pad s ') suffocation arthritis and of the eye cheik or bloodinfec-ion- stream About 80 percent of tis'ases occur in youngsters under ’he age of two years Lut the original Hib vaccine wasn't effective m children that yourg Subsequent research on vaccine failure revealed 'hat younger children’s bodies dtdn t 'espond to the “sugar” antigen used in the vaccine An antigen is a substance that Fausts production of antibodies which protect the body from the harmful effects of invading bacteria The "second generation" Hib vac- me is called a conjugate" b cause t ijss bnh the sugar antigen and a protem antic n which results m greater production of arbbodus said Dr James C Overall director of infection control at Pnrnarv Children s Medial Center Testing of the new vaccine on 10 000 Finnish children two months ‘Id and older showed no serious ad verse reactions Thus far there has been no increased incidence of Hib disease during the first two weeks follow irg immunization as was reported with the earlier vaccine The conjugate vaccine was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration in December 1987 and is necom mended for 18 month olds especially if they are in day care Close contact between children in e centers places them at greater rnk of contracting Hib as well as other infectious diseases Dr Overall and Dr DavidS Fol dren tv else rics strongly recotnm nd that parents have lb ir children immunized s of iBb rc again-- t Hib 1 he rrenigitis can be di Dr F ol!irid said While 6 percent of children who contract Hib meningitis will die 30 percent of the survivors will suffer brain damage Others tan suffer permanent nerve damage that cames d afriess But the s’atistics don t measure the emotional toll that days take on a family of The n urn be rs don t conv ey the sometimes of the effects of the disc ase " Dr Holland said The doctors noting that uke of the word ‘influenza’ in the vaccine’s name is ‘ unfortunate" stressed that Hib should not be confused with inillnesses The fluenza or conjugate vaccine will protect chil bile the conjugate v acrjne is currently recommend'd only ft r ch! dre n 18 months and older the Finnish re ai ch indicates that it rnay one as young day be a ‘roved fur bd as two months I 'ntil th n the Amern an Acadi mv of Pediatrics has issued these r commendations— Children wno received a dose of the first Hib vaccine uh n they were 18 to 2’J months old should be immunized with the conjugate vaccine although at h a- two months should elapse beaten the two immurna tions — Children who are now between 19 and 23 months old and haven t V 4 IJ iiiu suuum L't'trti cii LiiidiHj dtkdiijsi tl new the vaccine get — children be flu-type- " C’lv spun-- ! tween agt s (f 21 ar 1 H should get irOr vaccine but the cor jugate is refer-- mt mb d — A bt‘0-'- t r d“--- e i f the i nrj-- g is not The conjugate vaccine is available locally from private by runs at a cod of about $15 according to Dr Follani I aruits should 3'k their heabheare provider whuh the ir child ii getting he ad if d The vaccines relatively high cost means it probably won t be available anytime soon at public health clinics according to link Crarkdiaw director of the imnun ration program at the Utah Department of Health At this point the dipartrmnt d'lfn t have enough money to supply local clinics with the new vaccine But its cost now about 111 per dose mav drop if and whin other drug companies start manufacturing it he said Hib and nothing land pr s b r t cf the Utah thaj -- r of the American Ac adernv of Pediat- W n-- s -t t- V p‘cS NFPHI ‘ WSR Even If your doesn't work we’ll give you $100 -- jo I af r Now's the time to state-of-the-a- up-gra- digital VHS rt to or Super Fr MjV! 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