Andrea Guerra, Claudio Costantino, Federico Martinon-Torres, Soeren Westerholt, Courtney Lambeth, Ziqiang Chen, Jessie Lumley, Tomas Marcek, David Johnson, Marissa Wilck
DTaP5-HBV-IPV-Hib (Vaxelis®) is a hexavalent combination vaccine (HV) indicated in infants and toddlers for the prevention of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, and invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae type b. Switching between HVs during the childhood vaccination series is sometimes necessary due to, for example, vaccine availability, health-care provider preference, and/or tender awards. The purpose of this study was to describe the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a booster dose of Vaxelis® in participants who previously received a primary infant series of either DTaP2-HBV-IPV-Hib (Hexyon®) or Vaxelis®...
December 31, 2024: Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics