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<blockquote data-quote="Struma" data-source="post: 2232114" data-attributes="member: 244676"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">No, you've not misheard. Pneumovax13 & Pneumovax23 are both vaccines for <em>bacterial</em> pneumococcal infection.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Pneumovax13 (used to be Prevenar) lasts for about 1 year - it is <strong>mostly</strong> given to young children.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Pneumovax23 lasts about 10 years - it is <strong>mostly</strong> given to adults, particularly those in certain health groups,, such as IPF, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Also, Pneumovax is used in immunology as a diagnostic tool (as opposed to a therapeutic tool.)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Struma, post: 2232114, member: 244676"] [FONT=Arial]No, you've not misheard. Pneumovax13 & Pneumovax23 are both vaccines for [I]bacterial[/I] pneumococcal infection. Pneumovax13 (used to be Prevenar) lasts for about 1 year - it is [B]mostly[/B] given to young children. Pneumovax23 lasts about 10 years - it is [B]mostly[/B] given to adults, particularly those in certain health groups,, such as IPF, sarcoidosis, bronchiectasis. Also, Pneumovax is used in immunology as a diagnostic tool (as opposed to a therapeutic tool.)[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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