This is an example of a typical schedule that indicates the recommended ages for routine administration of currently licensed childhood vaccines for children through age 18 years. Any dose not administered at the recommended age should be administered at any subsequent visit when indicated and feasible. Keep current on vaccine recommendations by going to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site: www.cdc.gov/vaccines.

^* Schedules may vary according to vaccine type.

^†The human papillomavirus vaccine may also be given in three doses to males between the ages of 9 and 19 years to prevent genital warts. On October 25, 2011, CDC recommended that boys get HPV also.

Modified from Child Health Guide: Put Prevention into Practice. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, updated January 2003. Modified from Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0 Through 6 Years and from Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 7 Through 10 Years, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.