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What should be the gap between a diphtheria and hepatitis vaccine?
Question
What should be the time difference between the two doses of Diphtheria & Hepatitis vaccine in a case called as vaccine drop out case?
Expert Answer
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Prof HPS SachdevaSep 08, 2006
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
There are no strict definitions about this but generally an interval of over one year may warrant repeating the schedule (drop out equivalent) because the immune cells memory may wane.
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