From the CDC: new country-specific recommendations for pre-travel typhoid vaccination

Katherine J Johnson; Nancy M Gallagher; Eric D Mintz; Anna E Newton; Gary W Brunette; Phyllis E Kozarsky

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00563.x

From the CDC: new country-specific recommendations for pre-travel typhoid vaccination

J Travel Med. Nov-Dec 2011;18(6):430-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00563.x. Epub 2011 Oct 14.

Authors

Katherine J Johnson¹, Nancy M Gallagher, Eric D Mintz, Anna E Newton, Gary W Brunette, Phyllis E Kozarsky

Affiliation

¹ Travelers' Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. kjjohnson@cdc.gov

PMID: 22017724
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00563.x

Abstract

Typhoid fever continues to be an important concern for travelers visiting many parts of the world. This communication provides updated guidance for pre-travel typhoid vaccination from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and describes the methodology for assigning country-specific recommendations.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Europe / ethnology
Humans
Middle East / ethnology
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Risk Factors
Travel*
Typhoid Fever / ethnology
Typhoid Fever / prevention & control*
Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines / pharmacology*
United States / epidemiology
Vaccination / standards*

Substances

Typhoid-Paratyphoid Vaccines