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Hexavalent Vaccine

Prajakta Ghatage, Resident, Department of Paediatrics, P.D.V.V.P.F’S Medical College, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 414111, India. , Sunil Mhaske* , Prajakta Ghatage** , Ninza Rawal** , Ramesh Kothari***

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Pediatric Education and Research 5(3):p 217-221, Sep-Dec 2017. | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.5317.10

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Combination vaccines that include multiple antigens in one vaccine are now a widely accepted as an effective means of eliciting protection against several diseases at the same time. Owing to improvement in quality and convenient mode of administration, they have become part of routine paediatric practice. Hexavalent vaccine includes diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b antigens. The studies until now have shown that the vaccine is highly immunogenic and well tolerated. It is now a part of various primary and booster vaccination schedule as well as it is safely given with other vaccines.

Keyword: Hexavalent; Hemophilus Influenzae; Hepatitis B.; Pertussis. 

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