Where could I find out the names of vaccines given to Navy recruits in 1992?

Question

Thanks for the help! =o)

Answer 1

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Answer 2

Immunization to Protect the U.S. Armed Forces

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TABLE 1. Vaccines typically administered to U.S. military personnel, 2006

Population Segment Vaccine Routine Schedule for

Troops †

Trainees: Diphtheria

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Influenza

Measles

Meningococcal disease

Mumps

Pertussis, acellular

Poliovirus

Rubella

Tetanus

Varicella *

Yellow fever *

Single dose

Two doses

Three doses

Annual, seasonal

Single dose

Single dose

Single dose

Single dose (pending)

Single dose

Single dose

Single dose

Two doses

Single dose

Routine during career (both

active-duty and reserve

component):

Diphtheria

Hepatitis A

Influenza

Pertussis, acellular

Tetanus

Every 10 years

Two doses

Annual, seasonal

With Td (pending)

Every 10 years

Individualized based on

deployment or travel to high-risk

areas (both active and reserve

components), various alert

forces:

Anthrax

Hepatitis B

Japanese encephalitis

Meningococcal disease

Smallpox

Typhoid

Yellow fever

Multidose series

Three doses

Three doses, boosters

Single dose, boosters

Single, every 10 years

Dosage varies

Single, every 10 years

Individualized based on

occupational or personal needs:

Haemophilus influenzae type b

Hepatitis B

Meningococcal disease

Pneumococcal disease

Rabies

Varicella

Single dose

Three doses

Single dose

Single dose

Three doses, boosters

Two doses

* Immunization policy varies among Military Services, based on individual needs.

† Assumes basic immunizing series received earlier in life. Booster doses may be

required at appropriate intervals to sustain immunity.

Derived primarily from references 7 and 8.

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TABLE 2. Immunizations used widely during major U.S. conflicts *

Conflict, Era Vaccines (specific type) Antibodies

American Revolutionary

War, 1775-1783

Smallpox (by variolation, inoculation with

variola virus)

War of 1812,

1812-1815

Smallpox (vaccination with live cowpox and

later vaccinia virus)

Mexican-American War,

1846-1848

Smallpox (live)

Civil War,

1861-1865

Smallpox (live)

Spanish-American War,

1898

Smallpox (live)

World War I,

1917-1918

Smallpox (live), typhoid (whole cell) Therapeutic

tetanus antitoxin,

diphtheria

antitoxin

World War II,

1941-1945

Routine: Influenza (whole inactivated),

smallpox (live), tetanus (toxoid), typhoid

(whole cell), paratyphoid A&B (whole cell).

Selected: Cholera (whole cell), diphtheria

(toxoid), plague (whole cell), scarlet fever

(whole cell), typhus (whole cell), yellow fever

(live)

Therapeutic

diphtheria

antitoxin, gas

gangrene

antitoxin, tetanus

antitoxin. Immune

globulin (measles

prophylaxis)

Korean War,

1950-1953

Cholera (whole cell), influenza (whole

inactivated), plague (whole cell), smallpox

(live), tetanus-diphtheria (toxoids), typhoid

(whole cell), paratyphoid A&B (whole cell),

typhus (whole cell), yellow fever (live)

Therapeutic

diphtheria

antitoxin. Immune

globulin (hepatitis

A, hepatitis B,

and measles

prophylaxis)

Vietnam War,

1964-1973

Cholera (whole cell), influenza (whole

inactivated), measles (live), meningococcal

A/C (polysaccharide), plague (whole cell),

poliovirus (live), smallpox (live), tetanusdiphtheria

(toxoids), typhoid (whole cell, AKD

or H-P), typhus (whole cell), yellow fever (live)

Immune globulin

(hepatitis A and

hepatitis B

prophylaxis)

Persian Gulf War,

1990-1991 (i.e., Operation

Desert Shield/Desert

Storm)

Adenovirus type 4 and type 7 (live), anthrax

(acellular, limited use), botulinum toxoid (very

limited use), hepatitis B (subunit), influenza

(split inactivated), measles-rubella or measlesmumps-

rubella (live), meningococcal

A/C/Y/W-135 (polysaccharide), poliovirus

(live), rabies (inactivated, special operations),

tetanus-diphtheria (toxoids), typhoid (whole

cell, AKD or H-P), yellow fever (live)

Immune globulin

(hepatitis A

prophylaxis)

Global War on Terror,

2001 to present (i.e.,

Operation Enduring

Freedom (Afghanistan)

Anthrax (acellular), hepatitis A (inactivated),

hepatitis B (subunit), influenza (split

inactivated virus injection or live attenuated

virus intranasal), measles-mumps-rubella

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and Operation Iraqi

Freedom)

(live), meningococcal A/C/Y/W-135

(polysaccharide), poliovirus (inactivated),

rabies (inactivated, for special operations),

smallpox (live), tetanus-diphtheria (toxoids,

soon with pertussis vaccine), typhoid (Vi

subunit or live-attenuated), varicella (live),

yellow fever (live)

* This list is not an exhaustive list of all licensed vaccines and antibodies for these eras, nor an

assertion that each service member in a conflict received each product. Rather, this is a list of

widely used products for service members during these time intervals.

Derived primarily from references 1-18.