Eurosurveillance

ECDC

Latvia

Comments:

(1) Given 0-12 hours after birth only to newborns of HbsAG-positive mothers or to mothers with unknown HbsAg status.

(2) Vaccination to all previously unvaccinated girls and re-vaccination of girls who have only been vaccinated once before.

(3) Given as a combined dT-IPV vaccination.

(4) A course of 3 doses given to all non-vaccinated adolescents.

Additional comments:

Vaccine against rotavirus infection introduced from January, 1, 2011

Vaccine against human papilloma virus introduced from September, 1, 2010

The national vaccination programme

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 Age                     

   Vaccine 

 At birthHepatitis B vaccine (HepB) (1)
 2-5 daysBacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG)
 2 monthsDiphteria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP), haemophilus influenza type b vaccinne (Hib), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), HepB, pneumococcal heptavalent conjugate vaccine (PCV7), rotavirus vaccine (RTV)
 4 monthsDTaP, Hib, IPV, HepB, PCV7, RTV
 6 monthsDTaP, Hib, IPV, HepB, PCV7, RTV
 12 -15 monthsDTaP, Hib, IPV, HepB, PCV7, measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), varicella vaccine (Var)
 7 yearsDTaP, IPV, MMR
 12 yearsMMR (2), human papilloma virus vaccine (HPV)
 14 yearsIPV (3), HepB (4), tetanus-low dose diphteria vaccine (dT) (3)
 Adults, every 5-10 years Td boosters

Source: State Agency "Infectology Centre of Latvia ", 2011
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