Vaccinations Do Not Increase Arthritis Flares in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Study of the Relationship between Routine Childhood Vaccinations on the Australian Immunisation Schedule and Arthritis Activity in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Age</td><td class="align_center">Vaccine</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Birth</td><td class="align_center">Hep B</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2 months</td><td class="align_center">DTP-IPV-Hep B-Hib, PCV, RV5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4 months</td><td class="align_center">DTP-IPV-Hep B-Hib, PCV, RV5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">6 months</td><td class="align_center">DTP-IPV-Hep B-Hib, PCV, RV5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">12 months</td><td class="align_center">Hib-Men C, MMR</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">18 months</td><td class="align_center">VZV—until 2013<br/>2013 onward—MMRV, DTP</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4 years</td><td class="align_center">DTP-IPV<br/>Until 2013—MMR</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Hep B: hepatitis B; DTP: diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis; IPV: inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine; Hib: <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> type B; PCV: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; RV: rotavirus; Men C: meningococcal C; MMR: measles-mumps-rubella; VZV: varicella zoster.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>National Immunisation Schedule for Australian children, organised by the ages at which the immunisations are recommended [<a href="/journals/ijr/2020/1078914/#B7" target="_blank">7</a>].</div>

International Journal of Rheumatology

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Table 3 | Vaccinations Do Not Increase Arthritis Flares in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Study of the Relationship between Routine Childhood Vaccinations on the Australian Immunisation Schedule and Arthritis Activity in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 