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DTP vaccine
A combination vaccine administered intramuscularly to immunize children against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis infections. It consists of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine, which contains inactivated parts of the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.
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The three diseases the DTP vaccine protects against are all highly dangerous or even deadly for children if contracted.
Health officials say children should receive their first dose of the measles vaccine between 12 and 15 months of age and their first doses of the DTP vaccine before age 7.
India had the highest increase in children missing their first dose of the DTP vaccine.
In 2020, 3,038,000 kids in India did not receive the first dose of the DTP vaccine, up from 1,403,000 children in 2019.
Because the DTP vaccine is made of proteins from each of the disease-causing microbes, it needs to be kept at 2°C to 8ºC.
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