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(Pediatrics in Review. 2005;26:226-227. doi:10.1542/10.1542/pir.26-6-226)
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose

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A pediatrician is concerned that her patients receive a total of four doses of the hepatitis B vaccine. She uses the triple vaccine combination containing diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, inactivated polio, and hepatitis B at 2, 4, and 6 months of age to reduce the number of shots for her patients, and almost all of her patients had received hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Is this a common problem for other pediatricians, and if so, is there a way to circumvent this problem?


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As of January 2005, two combination vaccine products are licensed for use in the routine immunization of young infants in the United States. One contains diphtheria . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Geoffrey A. Weinberg, MD*
 * Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Director, Pediatric HIV Program, Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY

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Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose
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