Table 3.

Issues to Consider: Vaccination of Toddlers

Vaccine is given to toddler to protect others

Mother

Unborn sibling

There is a precedent for this:

MMR vaccine to prevent congenital rubella

If vaccine reduces CMV viral load it may protect others without preventing infection of toddler

A vaccine that “fails” to protect the toddler may nevertheless be useful clinically

Ensure parent gives consent for vaccine “to reduce the effect CMV may have on my family”

Abbreviations: CMV, cytomegalovirus; MMR, measles, mumps, and rubella.