Tropical travel vaccinations

will do when traveling in endemic countries (countries where cholera is present) or when required by local authorities.

Just one injection 6 days before departure, return at 6 months.

YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION

is essential in endemic areas, regardless of the duration of the trip (Africa, South America). This vaccine is a legal requirement for international travel.

POLIO VACCINATION DIPHTERIETETANOS

must be current. 3 vaccine one month apart and return the following year and then every 10 years.

VACCINATION AGAINST HEPATITIS A (see HEPATITIS A VACCINE)

is highly recommended for a trip to tropical or subtropical countries.

Two injections one month apart are required and reminders 1 year and 10 years later.

VACCINATION AGAINST HEPATITIS B

will be done by two injections at 1-month intervals and reminders in the 6th month. It is highly recommended, especially if the stay should be extended.

Contamination is also sexual and blood (surgery, blood transfusion).

VACCINATION AGAINST MENINGITIS

is indicated for long trips (at least 4 weeks), especially if the trip has to be done in rural areas and that the contacts with the local population must be frequent.

One single injection and return to 3 years.

This vaccine has been mandatory since 1987 for pilgrims to Mecca.

The vaccination must be made 10 days before departure.

TYPHOID VACCINATION

It is highly recommended over 2 years for travel to endemic countries (all tropical countries actually).

A new vaccine, TYPHIM VI, there recently. One injection is sufficient to recall three years.

VACCINATION AGAINST JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS

Currently, there is a very effective vaccination should be recommended that travelers to the Far East because the prognosis of this disease is far from Benin.

Three injections of 1 ml of vaccine should be administered and completed at least 10 days before departure.

Vaccination occurring at J 0, J 7 and J 28.

This vaccination can be performed in children from 1 year.

We do not yet know the dates reminder to make this vaccine is too new and insufficient to establish this calendar reminder decline.

Children 1 to 3 years receive half doses.

The vaccine can be allergenic, medical supervision is advised during the vaccination phase.

Pregnancy is a cons-indication to this vaccination

This vaccine is not marketed in France and is subject to a temporary use permit procedure (ATU, and reserved for international vaccination centers.

VACCINATION TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS

This vaccination is recommended for travelers to Central Europe, especially in highly endemic region (region of lakes and forests), especially from May to September, that is to say, during the period of tick activity .

It is also highly recommended for travelers to Siberia and northern China

The vaccine developed in Austria is available in France under the name Ticovac

Two intramuscular injections at monthly intervals and return to one year.

Half dose for children 3 to 16 years

Pregnancy does not indicate against-vaccination.

VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES

Preventive vaccination is often required in endemic countries

3 injections on D0-D7-D28

recall at 1 year and 5 years.

IT DOES NOT RELEASE THE TREATMENT IN CASES OF SUSPECTED BITE

However it allows a period of some extra days to implement, and its protocol will be simplified.

In practice, we must start the vaccinations 50 days before departure according to this schedule:

- J 0: DT polio and hepatitis B

- J + 12 + 1st yellow fever injection Hepatitis A

- J + 26 second injection DT polio and hepatitis B

- J + 26 typhoid vaccination (TYPHIM VI)

- J + 40 second injection Hepatitis A

- J + 50: 3rd DT polio

These vaccinations are the most important.

For other (meningitis, cholera ENCEPHALITIS TO DATA, JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS, RAGE and even DENGUE), they are depending on where one goes. These vaccinations should be performed if possible before the calendar.

Vaccination is often overlooked is the INFLUENZA VACCINATION.

You should know that influenza epidemics are now tougher in countries where they started and perpetuated longer than before.

It should therefore be vaccinated if you travel to a country where the epidemic is still rife.