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Reports from National Taiwan University Hospital Describe Recent Advances in Poliovirus Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 17th, 2011

2011 AUG 17 -- A new study, "Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type B," is now available. "Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of primary vaccination with combined diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-hepatitis B-inactivated poliovirus (DTPa-HBV-IPV) vaccine when co-administered with Haemophilus influenzae (Hib) conjugate vaccine were assessed in 60 healthy infants. Infants received HBV vaccine at birth, then DTPa-HBV-IPV and Hib vaccines at age 1.5 months, 3.5 months and 6 months," researchers in Taipei, Taiwan report.

"Blood samples were...

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