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Article: Vaccine for otitis media 'is safe and effective'
- Article from:
- Community Practitioner
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright TG Scott & Son Ltd. Apr 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A new vaccine to prevent acute otitis media appears to be safe and effective, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2001; 344: 403-409). Researchers from Finland randomly selected 1662 infants to receive either a hepatitis B vaccine or a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at two, four, six and 12 months of age.