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Typhoid Vaccine
Vaccine
Information Sheets
Comes in
Live Oral
IM
Indications: Travel
to high risk areas.
Africa, Asia, Philippines, India,
Pakistan Korea, Central America Haiti
South America: Peru, Chile
See
CDC website for updates
When to give:
Oral version-every 5 years
IM version every 2 years.
Contraindications:
Avoid in
Pregnancy unless exposure risk is high. Then use IM
form, versus live oral form.
Avoid oral form in patients that are immunocompromised
* (Information
current of July 2006, check with your physician for any
updates)
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