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PrEP: Learn About the Highly Effective Drug to Prevent HIV
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs, otherwise known as PrEP, are powerful weapons against HIV. Through education and raising awareness of HIV exposures, the risks of getting the disease are lower than ever.
There are some unique aspects to immunizing pediatric patients with seasonal influenza vaccine. Please find a summation below:
* All vaccines used by DOD are quadrivalent, made with the following strains of dead influenza virus: A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus; A/Singapore/INFIMH-16-0019/2016 (H3N2)-like virus; B/Colorado/06/2017-like virus (B/Victoria/2/87 lineage); and B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus (B/Yamagata/16/88 lineage).
Instructions on what to do if overvaccination is suspected
Thimerosal information: how it pertains to multidose vial vs. prefilled syringe
Find below all the relevant resource documents regarding immunizing children and adolescents with seasonal influenza vaccine.
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