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HomeQuestions & AnswersHello Doctor, in vaccine chart, we have vaccine name as PCV, when I asked doctor, he suggested to go for Prevenar-13, but on the vaccine content is stated as PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE (PPV), is this the same vaccine because vaccine chart says PCV. please confirm
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Father of a 4 yr 11 m old boy4 years ago
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Hello Doctor, in vaccine chart, we have vaccine name as PCV, when I asked doctor, he suggested to go for Prevenar-13, but on the vaccine content is stated as PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE (PPV), is this the same vaccine because vaccine chart says PCV. please confirm

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ExpertDr. Gunjan BawejaPaediatrician4 years ago
A. both pcv which is pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine are against the same bug but polysaccharide can be give only after 2 eats of age and before that pcv is given.
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