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Hello doctor, I want to give Hepatitis A vaccine to my son who is 1 year old. Which vaccine is good biovac A or harvix 720 jr. Please advise and also differ the both vaccine uses and contents.
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Biovac A is a live attenuated vaccine which is supposed to be equally effective as Havrix 720 which is an inactivated vaccine. Biovac A single dose is enough as per the instructions of manufacturers wheres Havrix needs 2 doses at 6 months interval.
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