Should close contacts of returning travellers with typhoid fever be protected by vaccination?
Vaccine
; 33(12): 1419-21, 2015 Mar 17.
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ABSTRACT
Increasing international travel to areas endemic for typhoid fever correlates with increased risk for travellers to contract the disease. At home, the acutely ill/convalescent patients may pose some risk to their close contacts. In Finland an unofficial guideline suggests vaccination for close contacts of patients with acute typhoid fever; in other developed countries, routine typhoid vaccinations are only recommended to contacts of chronic carriers. This paper discusses the possibilities and limitations of prophylactic/post-exposure typhoid vaccination for contacts of patients with acute disease.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salmonella typhi
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Viaje
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Fiebre Tifoidea
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Vacunas Tifoides-Paratifoides
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Profilaxis Posexposición
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Profilaxis Pre-Exposición
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vaccine
Año:
2015
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Article