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What should be the minimum gap between 2 vaccines?

Prof HPS Sachdeva
Prof HPS Sachdev,
Senior Consultant Pediatrics,
Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research,
New Delhi

Q: I am a new mother and have a 2 months and 9 days old baby girl. At 2 months she was given Infanrix vaccine, a combination vaccine. Can she be given Prevenar at 2.5 months? She is scheduled to have her Infanrix vaccine again at 3 months. Is the 2 weeks interval between two scheduled immunisations safe for my baby? Will it depress her immune response due to the short intervals between the vaccinations?

A:There should be a minimum gap of 4 weeks between two different types of vaccines or both should be given together.