A pentavalent vaccine combines five vaccines into one dose. Pentavalent vaccines include:
- DTwP-HepB-Hib vaccine, used by UNICEF in low/middle income countries
- DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccine, used in the UK until 2017 (replaced by a hexavalent vaccine)
- DTaP-IPV-HepB vaccine, approved in the US
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