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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Invalid vaccine doses would cost millions to fix
January 14th, 2004
Children who receive some of their vaccine doses too soon may need to be revaccinated, at an extra cost of $10-$18 million a year, according to a new study. "The cost of revaccinating these children is substantial and may impact parents, physicians and vaccine purchasers," say Shannon Stokley, MPH, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and colleagues. Their findings appear in the January 2004 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Stokley and colleagues' sample of national immunization records reveals that 10% of children received at least one invalid vaccine dose in 2002. Invalid vaccines are doses...
Source: Biotech Week (2004-01-14)
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