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VACCINE TRIALS PREMATURE INFANTS: Some got 8 vaccine doses at one time

Testing out the rotavirus vaccine on a group of 988 premature babies ranging between 27 weeks and 36 weeks, these infants were injected with up to 9 vaccine doses.  They administered rotavirus vaccine (RIX4414, GlaxoSmithKline) in two doses to 658 preterm infants, and 330 received a placebo along with routine vaccinations, including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B and poliovirus. Infants from France and Spain also received Streptococcus pneumoniae concomitantly; infants from Portugal and Spain also received Neisseria meningitides.  Read more..