Polysaccharide vaccines like Pneumovax are poorly immunogenic in children < 2 years. Young children need a conjugate vaccine like Prevnar that contains immunogenic carrier proteins bound to individual pneumococcal polysaccharides in order to work.
Polysaccharide vaccines like Pneumovax are poorly immunogenic in children < 2 years. Young children need a conjugate vaccine like Prevnar that contains immunogenic carrier proteins bound to individual pneumococcal polysaccharides in order to work.
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