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Ipv vaccine
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Polio oral dose is given to child in municipal hospital
But im asking for ipv ( injection form) which is not given in municipal hospital
So query is whether to give ipv in injection form oe not
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Ipv should be giving 2 doses one month apart and a booster at 18 months.
If you have give ipv initially and later give opv then the protection is better.rather than using opv as the initial vaccine and giving ipv later.so give ipv earliest as possible is: 8 weeks
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Two dosage of ipv is must
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Dr. Rewati Govindrajan
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Two doses of ipv one month apart is required for better protection even when the child has received all doses of opv
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