Older Kids Respond to Single Dose of Pandemic Vaccine

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 09/21/2009 - 12:04

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- For children 10 through 17 years, a single 15-microgram dose of the inactivated pandemic flu vaccine appears to give a robust immune response, health officials said.


 

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