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Posted On : 14 Jul 2009
A BABY OF eighteen and half MONTHS OLD WAS GIVEN 3 DOSES OF HIB WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF LIFE AND TWO MORE DOSES OF HIB WERE GIVEN AT THE AGE OF 14 th and 15th MONTH OF AGE {IGNORANTLY}! SHOULD HE BE GIVEN THE BOOSTER AT 18 MONTHS OF LIFE_?
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ibrahim karket
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no need for booster dose
15 years ago
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Ashwani Kumar Juneja
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No, there is no need` the baby is adequately protected.
15 years ago
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ashwin bhanushali
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HE SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN 18TH MONTH DOSE
15 years ago
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lekshmi bala
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yes....
15 years ago
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Niranjan
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As the fifth dose inadvertantly was given at 15th month of life instead of one and half years booster dose, there would be no need to provide any further doses of HiB{Booster} vaccine due to intact immune memory which should have already boosted up the immune response.
Dr. Niranjan Shendurnikar

15 years ago




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