| An 18-month-old with upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and low-grade fever should have vaccines postponed until symptoms resolve. |
FALSE |
19% |
30% |
51% |
| Some vaccines are contraindicated in an infant with a seizure disorder. |
FALSE |
38% |
46% |
16% |
| A 4.5-year-old child on immunosuppressive medication should not receive some immunizations. |
TRUE |
78% |
14% |
8% |
| A child should not receive measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines if a household contact is receiving chemotherapy (and therefore is immunosuppressed). |
FASLE |
52% |
25% |
23% |
| A vaccine series needs to be restarted if more than the recommended interval of time has elapsed between doses in the series. |
FALSE |
38% |
37% |
25% |
| A 12-year-old boy who is not yet sexually active should receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. |
TRUE |
92% |
3% |
5% |
| Before the introduction of the vaccine, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was the leading cause of meningitis affecting children under 5 years of age. |
TRUE |
90% |
7% |
3% |
| Pertussis is more likely to cause serious complications in an adult rather than an infant. |
FALSE |
42% |
29% |
28% |
| There are no long-term effects if an unvaccinated child contracts measles and recovers uneventfully. |
FALSE |
82% |
16% |
2% |
| A newborn only needs a hepatitis B vaccine at birth if the mother is hepatitis B surface antigen positive. |
FALSE |
66% |
25% |
9% |
| Women should not receive influenza and pertussis vaccines while pregnant. |
FALSE |
60% |
35% |
5% |
| Immunity to covered HPV strains remains high for at least 10 years after receiving the HPV vaccine series. |
TRUE |
68% |
27% |
5% |
