Typhus vaccine
Not to be confused with typhoid vaccine.
| Vaccine description | |
|---|---|
| Target disease | Typhus |
| Type | Killed/Inactivated |
| Clinical data | |
| Pregnancy cat. | ? |
| Legal status | ? |
| Identifiers | |
| ATC code | J07AR01 |
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Typhus vaccine is a vaccine used against typhus. One version of the vaccine consists of formaldehyde-inactivated Rickettsia prowazekii. Two doses are injected subcutaneously four weeks apart. Booster doses are required every six to twelve months.
References
- ^ Chattopadhyay S, Richards AL (2007). "Scrub typhus vaccines: past history and recent developments". Hum Vaccin 3 (3): 73–80. PMID 17375000. http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/hv/abstract.php?id=4009.
- ^ Xu G, Chattopadhyay S, Jiang J, et al. (December 2005). "Short- and long-term immune responses of CD-1 outbred mice to the scrub typhus DNA vaccine candidate: p47Kp". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1063: 266–9. doi:10.1196/annals.1355.043. PMID 16481526. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0077-8923&date=2005&volume=1063&spage=266.
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