麻疹(はしか)の集団感染 26歳以上の人が知っておきたい予防接種のこと

どんな人が予防接種をを検討したほうが良いのだろうか?
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全国で麻疹(はしか)の感染が広がり、今年の感染者数が60人を超えた。はしかはワクチンの定期予防接種が行われているが、その実施方針は大きく変遷しており、世代ごとにはしかへの感染しやすさが違う。どんな人が予防接種を検討したほうが良いのだろうか?

■関西空港などで集団感染

大阪府は9月4日、関西空港で従業員らによるはしか集団感染が発生している問題で、感染者が医療従事者らにも広がり、合計34人になったと発表した

さらに大阪府内に住む30代の発症者の男性が、8月28日に空港近くのアウトレットモールを利用していたことが判明。また、関東でも千葉市の幕張メッセでのコンサートや東京・立川市のアニメ関係イベントなど大人数が集まるイベントではしかの発症者が参加していたことが分かり、感染の広がりが懸念されている。

厚生労働省によると、はしかは、感染力の極めて強いウイルスが起こす感染症で、免疫を持っていない人が感染するとほぼ100%発症する。空気感染では、同じ部屋や電車の中にいるだけでも感染することがある。

感染すると約10日後に発熱や咳、鼻水などの風邪のような症状が現れる。2~3日熱が続いた後、39度以上の高熱と発疹が出現する。肺炎、中耳炎を合併しやすく、先進国でも1000人に1人の割合で死亡することもあるという。

■ワクチン接種1回の「空白地帯」は26歳〜39歳

感染力が強いはしかは、手洗いやうがいだけでは予防ができず、ワクチンの予防接種が有効とされている。

はしかワクチンは、1978年から定期接種となり、子どもを対象に接種が進められてきたが、当初は1回だけの接種とされていた。しかし、実は、1度だけの接種では免疫がつかない人が5%未満存在することなどがわかっている。その時代に子ども時代を過ごした26歳より上(2016年時点)は、はしかに感染する可能性があり、「空白の世代」となっている。

はしかワクチンの2回接種制度は、2006年4月から、1歳児と小学校入学前の幼児を対象に行われるようになった。さらに、2007年に発生した10代〜20代の人を中心にしたはしかの流行を受けて、2008年度から2012年度の5年間に限っては、中学1年生と高校3年生相当年齢の人に追加で2回目のワクチンを接種する制度が導入された。

これに間に合わなかったのが、26歳以上の世代(1990年4月2日以前に生まれた人)だ。それより下の世代は、定期接種を予定通りに受けていれば、はしかを含むワクチンを2回接種していることになり、はしかの感染確率は低い。一方、40歳以上の世代は定期接種でワクチンを接種する機会がなかったが、多くの人が、はしかに自然感染しているため比較的リスクが低いという。

しかし、はしかの流行を受けて、26歳以上は予防接種を各自で受けることが推奨されている。厚生労働省は特に、医療従事者や学校・保育福祉関係者など、リスクが大きい人、海外渡航する人に対して、医師に相談して2度めの接種を検討するよう、呼びかけている。

■インドネシア・モンゴルなどへの渡航予定者も

予防接種の実施により、2015年3月、日本はWHOから国内の土着のウイルスによる感染がない「排除状態」と認定されていた。

しかし、関西空港で感染した人から検出されたウイルスは、中国やモンゴルで流行しているH1型。また、千葉県松戸市などでの集団感染で検出されたウイルスは東南アジア・南アジアで流行しているD8型だった。これらは、海外渡航した人が持ち込んだと推定されている。

国立感染症研究所感染症疫学センターは、8月25日、2016年は特にアジアの国々(インドネシア、モンゴルなど)に渡航歴のある患者の届出報告が多いと発表しており、渡航予定があるが免疫がない人に対して、予防接種を呼びかけている。

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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Hosannah Wazeri, a Nigerian field worker for the World Health Organization (L) listens to local government official Idris Garba (R) during a meeting about the status of polio vaccinations in the area April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(32 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Nigerian field workers for the World Health Organization inoculates a child with polio vaccine April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(33 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: A Nigerian field worker for the World Health Organization chalks up the wall of a house indicating that it has been innoculated April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(34 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Nigerian field workers for the World Health Organization inoculates a child with polio vaccine April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(35 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Hosannah Wazeri, a Nigerian field worker for the World Health Organization (2nd L) gives a report on the status of polio vaccinations to local government official Idris Garba (R) while Melissa Corkum of the WHO looks on (L) April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(36 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Nigerian field workers for the World Health Organization inoculates a child with polio vaccine April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Teams Give Polio Vaccine in Massive Nigerian Innoculation(37 of61)
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RIMIN GADO, KANO - APRIL 09: Nigerian field workers for the World Health Organization inoculates a child with polio vaccine April 9, 2005 in Rimin Gado, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria, especially in this region, where local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed and Nigeria will undertake a massive countrywide push to inoculate every child under five with nearly 30 million doses of polio vaccine in four days. The 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine is April 12. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims in Nigeria Try To Live Normal Lives(38 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 8: Polio sufferer Aminu Ahmed walks using his hands after losing the use of his legs to polio as a child April 8, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria. In Kano, local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago, over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed, but the damage has been done, with hundreds of new cases of polio among the children of Kano. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims in Nigeria Try To Live Normal Lives(39 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 8: Polio sufferer Aminu Ahmed mounts a modified motorcycle with side wheels and hand brake that he uses to get around despite having lost use of his legs to polio April 8, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria. In Kano, local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago, over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed, but the damage has been done, with hundreds of new cases of polio among the children of Kano. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(40 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: A polio sufferer works on a part for a hand-cranked tricycle for fellow polio victims at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(41 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Rabiu Lawal sits on his emaciated legs in the work shed at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(42 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Sani Abdul Hadi talks with friends April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims in Nigeria Try To Live Normal Lives(43 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 8: Umar Aminu, 2, can only crawl since one of his legs has been withered by polio April 8, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria. In Kano, local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago, over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed, but the damage has been done, with hundreds of new cases of polio among the children of Kano. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims in Nigeria Try To Live Normal Lives(44 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 8: Polio sufferer Umar Aminu, 2, is held by one of his brothers April 8, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria. In Kano, local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago, over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed, but the damage has been done, with hundreds of new cases of polio among the children of Kano. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims in Nigeria Try To Live Normal Lives(45 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 8: Polio sufferer Aminu Ahmed holds his son Umar, 2, who also suffers from polio April 8, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. Polio, a disease that health workers once had hoped to eradicate worldwide by 2005, is on the march again in Nigeria. In Kano, local Islamic leaders banned the polio vaccine two years ago, over post September 11 suspicions of everything Western. Inoculations have resumed, but the damage has been done, with hundreds of new cases of polio among the children of Kano. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(46 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Sani Abdul Hadi works as a welder at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(47 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Abdallah-hie, who doesn\'t know his age but is around 10, sits on a mat while working on a tire for a hand-cranked tricycle April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(48 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Rabiu Lawal works on assembling a hand-cranked tricycle for fellow polio victims at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(49 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Rabiu Lawal rides his hand-cranked tricycle home after a day working at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(50 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: A man who suffered from polio sits on the grounds of the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(51 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: A Muslim polio sufferer performs his daily prayers while his crutches lie nearby at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(52 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: A Muslim woman polio sufferer sits on her hand-cranked tricyle at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(53 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Muslim polio sufferers perform their daily prayers at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(54 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: A man with polio welds on the grounds of the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Polio Victims In Nigeria Work To Escape Poverty(55 of61)
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KANO, NIGERIA - APRIL 7: Polio sufferer Sani Abdul Hadi welds at the Polio Victims Association April 7, 2005 in Kano, Nigeria. International aid workers once hoped to have polio eradicated off the face of the Earth by April 2005, the 50th anniversary of the approval of the polio vaccine. But recent efforts by some Nigerian Muslim leaders to stop Western inoculation programs have allowed polio to endure, creating new victims even while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians suffer from the disease. Opportunities are scarce for polio sufferers, but programs like the Polio Victims Association allow them to make a small living, welding hand-cranked polio bicycles and other projects for a small salary. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(56 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: Renee Young, 5 months, is held by her mother Shaquana Young as Renee gets her immunization shots at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(57 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: Renee Young, 5 months, is held by her mother Shaquana Young as Renee gets her immunization shots at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(58 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: Mothers wait with their children to see a nurse at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(59 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: Nurse Julie Ahn checks the arm of Aaliyah Clark,4, after she received an immunization shot\n at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(60 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: Dr. Chitra Netravali stands with New Jersey State Deputy Public Health Commissioner Dr. Arturo Brito at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Newark Offers Free Immunizations For Children Ahead Of The School Year(61 of61)
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NEWARK, NJ - AUGUST 28: A nurse holds out a tray of immunization\'s at the city of Newark\'s \'School Bus Express\' free immunization program for Newark youth on August 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. The program is being held at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being and seeks to highlight the importance of childhood immunizations before the school year gets started. Newark, where some 30% of residents live in poverty, provides immunizations for all residents. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)