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		IMMUNIZATION AGAINST THE MENINGITIS for Hemophilus
		DEFINITION CALENDAR BENEFITS RISKS

DEFINITION

The vaccine of the meningitis or "combined Vaccine of Hemophilus influenzae type B" is a vaccine against the bacterium called Hemophilus influenzae type B, that is one of the most frequent causes of bacterial meningitis in the children. It is a vaccine relatively new, and de facto, in any countries an it is not in the vaccination calendars.

CALENDAR OF VACCINATION

The vaccine of the meningitis is advised from 2 months of age. 3 doses are recommended in the first 6 months, and a reinforcement between 15 and 18 months. For it, it is administered usually of simultaneous form with the DPT (or "triple vaccine") and with the oral vaccine of Polio, and in the countries in which it is recommended, also with the vaccine of the Hepatitis B (to See the handlebar "CALENDAR OF NORMAL VACCINATION").

The American Academy of Paediatrics recommends that all the children younger than 5 years must be vaccinated. If a child is major than 15 months, there is recommended a nica dose of the vaccine.

• It vaccinates "quíntuple viral" (Tritanrix HB-Hiberix ® of Smithkline Beecham). It combines 5 immunizations: against the diphtheria, tosferina, lockjaw, hepatitis B and Haemophylus influenzae of the group B. Between his advantages there is the fact that from only one prick the baby receives 5 vaccines.

BENEFITS

The combined Hemophilus influenzae vaccine type B has achieved disminuír in 40-50 % the cases of bacterial meningitis in wide areas where it has been used.

RISKS

They are minimal, and as in other vaccines, they consist of reddening or inconvenience in the place of the injection, or fever development. The serious problems associated with this immunization are very rare.

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