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Posted On : 27 Mar 2002

A child has taken 1st Hib shot at age of 7 months, took 2nd shot at 8 months, 3rd shot at 9 months deferring Mealses Vaccine for 1 week. Will the unwarranted 3rd monthly dose likely to harm the infant? What about the booster dose?

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iyer balasubramanian

no harm will be done to the child. booster dose to be given at 8plus12 ie 20 months of age. measles vaccine should be deferred for atleast 2 weeks

23 years ago

Pushkar Srivastava

1} This 3rd unwarranted dose will not harm the baby because of this additional dose per-se.However routine adverse reactions can occur.
2}However it will render the measles vaccine less effective because the interval between these vaccinations is less than 4 weeks.
3}The child should recieve the booster dose between 15-18 months as usual.

23 years ago

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