Readers Forum Indian Pediatrics 2005; 42:1006 |
DTP-Hib Combination |
Vaccine manufacturers promote DTP + Hib combination products for primary immunization. However, Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule - United States July-December 2004 states as follows: DtaP/Hib combination products should not be used for primary vaccination in infants but can be used as boosters after any Hib vaccine. The committee had made the same recommendation 6 months earlier. What should we do? Hemant Joshi, |