summary of vaccination recommendations for HIV infected individuals
Last edited 03/2018
summary of vaccination recommendations for HIV infected individuals
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Adults
- vaccines with broad indications
- hepatitis B
- influenza
- pneumococcus
- human papilloma virus
- hepatitis A
- meningococcus
- pertussis
- pneumococcus
- measles, mumps, rubella
- varicella (chickenpox)
- herpes zoster (shingles)
- vaccines with predominantly travel-related indications
- cholera
- Japanese encephalitis
- tick-borne encephalitis
- tetanus
- diphtheria
- poliovirus
- rabies
- typhoid
- yellow Fever
- vaccines with selected indications for at-risk adults
- anthrax
- haemophilus Influenzae B
- smallpox
- not preferred and contraindicated vaccines
- hepatitis A/B - not preferred
- hepatitis A/typhoid - not preferred
- influenza - not preferred
- smallpox live - contraindicated
- tuberculosis - contraindicated
- typhoid - contraindicated (1)
Children
- all infants should follow the UK primary childhood immunisation schedule. The primry immunisation should not be delayed
- infants should also be given polio, measles, mumps and rubella vaccines as the risk of these infections exceed the risks of immunization. The inactivated, Salk, polio vaccine may be preferable.
- Pneumovax may be given at two years old.
- HIV-infected adults and children should not be given BCG or yellow fever vaccines (2)
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