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TABLE 7.1 Vaccinations Prescribed for Military Personnel
Disease or Agent
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Adenovirus types 4 and 7
B
B
G
B
G
Vibrio cholerae
E
E
E
E
E
Hepatitis A
G
G
C,D
G
G
Hepatitis B
F,G
F,G
F,G
F,G
F,G
Influenza
A,B,X
A,B,R
A,B,R
A,B,R
B,C,G
Japanese Encephalitis
D
D
D
D
G
Measles
B,F
B,F
B,F
B,F
B,G
Meningococcus (types A, C, Y, W135)
B,D
B,D
B,D
B,D
B,G
Mumps
F,G
B,F,G
F,G
B,F,G
G
Polio
B,D,R
B,R
B,R
B,R
A
Plague
D,F
F
F
F
F
Rabies
F
F
F
F
G
Rubella
B,F
B,F
B,F
B,F
B
Tetanus-diphtheria
A,B,R
A,B,R
A,B,R
A,B,R
A,B
Typhoid
C,D
C,D
C,D
C,D
D
Varicella
F,G
F,G
F,G
G
F,G
Yellow fever
C,D
A,R
C,D
A,R
B,C,E
NOTE: A = All active-duty personnel; B = recruits; C = alert forces; D = when deploying or traveling to high-risk areas; E = only when required by host country for entry; F = high risk occupational groups; G = as directed by applicable surgeon general or Commandant, Coast Guard; R = reserve components; X = reserve component personnel on active duty for 30 days or more during the influenza season.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of the Air Force, 1995.
* Environmental agents (such as chemicals) may enter the body and alter certain native body substances (usually proteins) so that these native substances are perceived by the immune system as being foreign.
* Antigens from an infectious agent may have a structure that is similar to that of one or more normal host antigens. When the immune system reacts to the foreign antigen, it may also “inadvertently” attack the normal host antigens that are structurally similar.
* Genetic factors that affect the immune response may encourage an autoimmune attack. For example, autoimmune diseases are often strongly associated with certain histocompatibility antigen (HLA) genes. There is evidence that infection with Coxsackie virus is more likely to cause Type I diabetes mellitus in people with the HLA DR4 allele.
* Estrogens may also affect the clinical expression of certain autoimmune diseases. A number of autoimmune diseases are found more frequently in females including: Hashimoto thyroiditis, Graves disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma. HLA B27 associated spondyloarthropathies are found more frequently in males, although it is not clear that this is caused by male sex hormones.
SOURCES: Ahmed et al., 1999; Albert and Inman, 1999; Cooper et al., 1999; Miller, 1999; Rao and Richardson, 1999.
Conclusions on Animal Studies
Studies in animals found no difference in the degree of protective immunity with multiple vaccinations. Studies have suggested that a single high dose of an antigen or repeated stimulation with the same antigen may result in the production of autoantibodies or malignancies. However, the antigen loads in these studies far exceeded those used in human vaccine schedules with repeated vaccination. One study (Classen, 1996) did suggest that vaccination, whether single or multiple, could influence the development of autoimmune disorders in genetically susceptible animals. Thus, although it is plausible that an exaggerated immune stimulation from vaccination could lead to long-term effects of autoimmune-type disease with the attendant multiorgan system pathology, no long-term animal studies supporting this hypothesis have been reported.