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Summary of vaccination recommendations for HIV infected individuals

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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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