FOUR IS BETTER THAN NINE. A COMBINED DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS-HEPATITIS B-HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE FOR ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION IN MALAYSIA

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 474 - 483
• Main Authors: WONG, Swee-Lan, SOOSAI, Padma, TEOH, Yee-Leong, HAN, Htay-Htay, LEFEVRE, Inge, BOCK, Hans L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangkok Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01.05.2008; Central Coordinating Board, SEAMEO-TROPMED Project
• Subjects: Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Antibody Formation; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis; Biological and medical sciences; Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - administration & dosage; Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - adverse effects; Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine - immunology; Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; General aspects; Haemophilus Vaccines - administration & dosage; Haemophilus Vaccines - adverse effects; Haemophilus Vaccines - immunology; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B Vaccines - administration & dosage; Hepatitis B Vaccines - adverse effects; Hepatitis B Vaccines - immunology; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Immune response; Immunization; Immunization Schedule; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infectious diseases; Injections, Intramuscular; Malaysia; Medical sciences; Public health; Radioimmunoassay; Vaccines; Vaccines, Combined - administration & dosage; Vaccines, Combined - adverse effects; Vaccines, Combined - immunology; Vaccines, Conjugate - adverse effects; Vaccines, Conjugate - immunology; Asia; Malaysia; Immunization; Respiratory disease; Vaccination; Hepatic disease; Vaccine; Diphtheria; Whooping cough; Infection; Viral hepatitis B; Prevention; Immunoprophylaxis; Viral disease; Bacteriosis; Digestive diseases; Tropical medicine; Tetanus

Malaysian infants would have to receive nine injections during the first few months of life in order to be protected against disease caused by hepatitis B (HBV), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) if single HBV and Hib vaccines were used. We evaluated a combined D...