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. 2022 Feb 2;3:825164. doi: 10.3389/falgy.2022.825164

Table 3.

Desensitization protocols suggested for influenza, measles, tetanus, MMR, DPT, yellow fever, and Pfizer-BioNTech® from 1990 to 2021.

Vaccine Step Dose (ml) Dilution Time (min)
Influenza (9) 1 0.05 Full strength q30
2 0.1 Full strength
3 0.15 Full strength
4 0.2 Full strength
Influenza (10) 1 0.05 1:100 q15
2 0.05 1:10
3 0.05 Full strength
4 0.10 Full strength
5 0.15 Full strength
6 0.20 Full strength
H1N1 Influenza (11) 1 0.05 1:10 q15
2 0.05 Full strength
3 0.10 Full strength
4 0.15 Full strength
5 0.20 Full strength
Influenza (12) 1 0.05 1:1,000,000 q30
2 0.05 1:100,000
3 0.05 1:10,000
4 0.05 1:1,000
5 0.05 1:100
6 0.05 1:10
7 0.05 Full strength
8 0.05 Full strength
Pfizer BioNTech (5) 1 0.03 Full strength q30
2 0.07 Full strength
3 0.10 Full strength
4 0.10 Full strength
Measles (10) 1 0.05 1:100 q15
2 0.05 1:10
3 0.05 Full strength
4 0.05 Full strength
5 0.05 Full strength
6 0.05 Full strength
7 0.05 Full strength
8 0.05 Full strength
9 0.05 Full strength
10 0.05 Full strength
11 0.05 Full strength
12 0.05 Full strength
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (13) 1 0.05 1:100 q20
2 0.5 1:10
3 0.05 Full strength
4 0.10 Full strength
5 0.15 Full strength
6 0.20 Full strength
Tetanus (14) 1 0.02 1:1,000 q20
2 0.02 1:100
3 0.02 1:100
4 0.02 1:10
5 0.10 1:10
6 0.05 Full strength
7 0.10 Full strength
8 0.15 Full strength
9 0.20 Full strength
Toxoid-containing vaccines (tetanus, diphtheria) (15) 1 0.05 1:100 q20
2 0.05 1:10
3 0.05 Full strength
4 0.10 Full strength
5 0.20 Full strength
6 0.25 Full strength
Yellow Fever (16) 1 0.1 1:1,000 q30
2 0.1 1:100
3 0.1 1:10
4 0.05 Full strength
5 0.1 Full strength
6 0.15 Full strength
7 0.2 Full strength
Suggested universal desensitization protocol (17) 1 0.05 1:10 q15–20
2 0.05 Full strength
3 0.10 Full strength
4 0.15 Full strength
5 0.20 Full strength