A fully liquid DTPw-HepB-Hib combination vaccine for booster vaccination of toddlers in El Salvador

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Authors

Eduardo Suárez · University of El Salvador

Edwin J. Asturias · Johns Hopkins University

Anne Katrin Hilbert · Novartis (Germany)

Christian Herzog

Ursula Aeberhard

Christian Spyr

Abstract

This study demonstrates that the fully liquid combined DTPw-HepB-Hib vaccine is highly immunogenic and has a favorable safety profile when given as a booster vaccination to toddlers who have received a primary vaccination course with a different pentavalent vaccine that requires reconstitution.

Topics & Keywords

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Influenza Virus Research Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

Volume 27, Issue 2, pp. 117-24

DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892010000200005

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