TM 5534:03 Study Guide - Leprosy, Loperamide, Gonorrhea
Document Summary
Should be offered to all international travellers as influenza is the commonest vaccine preventable disease encountered by travellers, and influenza virus circulates all year in tropical zones: hepatitis a. Vaccinations for situations with specific risks include: meningococcal vaccine, rabies, yellow fever, japanese b encephalitis vaccine, plague, bcg, cholera (etec, q fever, tickborne encephalitis. Live vaccines: yellow fever, mmr, bcg, varicella, oral typhoid, can be: opv, jev, smallpox. High risk of meningococcal meningitis: meningitis belt in sub sahara africa: group b: nz, europe, brazil, group c: australia, nz, north america, uk, group w: saudi, w. africa, group y: usa, group x: burkina faso. W135 and c. tetravalent vaccine is indicated for those where an increased risk of meningococcal disease exists, including: the meningococcal belt of sub saharan africa, pilgrims on the hajj, those in isolated, crowded conditions (remote trekking, refugee camps, those entering areas of existing outbreaks.
