You are here Home Glossary of technical terms Glossary of technical terms minimum interval Listen Print Share Twitter Facebook Email The shortest amount of time required between 2 doses of a vaccine to provide an adequate immune response to the 2nd dose. If the interval between the doses is shorter than the minimum interval, the vaccine may not be effective. Page history Last updated 11 June 2018 Last reviewed 11 June 2018 Is there anything wrong with this page? Help us improve the Australian Immunisation Handbook What you were doing? (required) What went wrong? (required) Leave this field blank