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Interim Results Show Two Vaccine Doses Required in Young Children Interim Results Show Two Vaccine Doses Required in Young Children Interim Results Show Two Vaccine Doses Required in Young Children

Posted by • November 3rd, 2009 • Printer-friendly

Children under 10 will require two shots of 2009 H1N1 vaccine, according to interim results of clinical trials announced Monday by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Researchers found that the second dose prompted a “robust” immune response that was a “significant improvement” over the response following the first dose. The agency says the results support the current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation for two shots in children under 10 to “achieve an immune response likely to protect them from illness.”


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  1. Michel POLAK, MD PhD

    Physician
    Paris , France
    Disclosure: None

    November 7, 2009 • 1:44 PM

    Hello

    This is a question not a response

    Are there any data showing the strenght of the immune response in children under 10 and in adults, who had H1N1 infection ?

    Do they need after the H1N1 infection to get the vaccination , or are they immune and protected from antoher H1N1 infection ?

    thanks for your answer

  2. Kamel Gado

    Physician
    Giza , Egypt
    Disclosure: None

    December 14, 2009 • 11:19 PM

    Hello

    This is another question.

    Does the incidence of vaccine complications like Guillain Barre syndrome increse on receiving the second shot of the vaccine ?

    Thanks

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