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Recommendation for use of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate, and hepatitis B vaccine in infants

  • The Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Korean Pediatric Society
  • Gachon University
  • Pusan National University
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Korea University
  • Eulji University
  • CHA University School of Medicine
  • University of Ulsan
  • Seoul National University
  • The Catholic University of Korea
  • Chungnam National University
  • Yonsei University

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Abstract

In April 2020, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety licensed a hexavalent combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis (DTaP), inactivated poliovirus (IPV), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugated to tetanus protein, and hepatitis B (HepB) (recombinant DNA) vaccine, DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (Hexaxim, Sanofi Pasteur), for use as a 3-dose primary series in infants aged 2, 4, and 6 months. The DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine is highly immunogenic and safe and provides a long-term immune response based on studies performed in a variety of settings in many countries, including Korea. This report summarizes the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Korean Pediatric Society guidelines for the use of this newly introduced hexavalent combination vaccine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)602-607
Number of pages6
JournalClinical and Experimental Pediatrics
Volume64
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021.12

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Combined
  • Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivate
  • Infant
  • Vaccines

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Nursing
  • Medicine

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