Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine
Pediatric travelers benefit from accelerated vaccine schedule
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 26th, 2002
Other youth, including ones about to undergo procedures involving blood or blood products and ones at risk for not completing a three dose schedule can also benefit from an accelerated schedule, according to researchers in Diyarbakir, Turkey at Dicle University Medical School.
The researchers recently completed a study comparing a standard 6-month vaccination schedule with an accelerated 21-day vaccination schedule in 40 previously unvaccinated children. Their findings...
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