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- Title: Introducing Pentavalent Vaccine in EPI in India: A Counsel for Prudence in Interpreting Scientific Literature (Correspondence) (Expanded Programme on Immunization)
- Author : Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 202 KB
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Sir, Lone et al (1), have cautioned about the introduction of pentavalent vaccine, that also includes vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), citing several studies in support of the lower Hib disease burden in India, which stems from errors in interpretation of scientific literature. Authors have chosen to quote the result (obtained through RTI) of an ICMR study (2) as "incidence of all-cause pneumonia was 30 per 1000 children under-five and mortality was 0.3 per 1000 children under-five in Anaicut block, Vellore' and compared it with UNICEF's estimations. However, there are several anomalies in their interpretations.