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Should there be a gap between two vaccines?
Question
I have a year old son. He was given the chicken pox vaccine a few days back. Now, the doctor has called us to give him the hepatitis vaccine. I have read somewhere that there should be a gap of atleast one month between each vaccine. Is it alright to give the hepatitis vaccine so soon?
Expert Answer
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Prof HPS SachdevaNov 30, 2005
Prof HPS Sachdev,
Senior Consultant Pediatrics,
Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research,
New Delhi
Senior Consultant Pediatrics,
Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research,
New Delhi
It would have been preferable to give both the vaccines simultaneously, at different sites or have an interval of four weeks between the two.
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