Compliance to Live Oral Ty21a Typhoid Vaccine, and its Effect on Viability
Author(s) -
Claire-Lise Fallab Stubi,
Pierre Landry,
Christiane Pétignat,
Jacques Billé,
Blaise Genton,
Roger Darioli,
Michel Burnier
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.2310/7060.2000.00044
Subject(s) - medicine , dosing , typhoid vaccine , pill , typhoid fever , patient compliance , anesthesia , emergency medicine , pharmacology , virology
Concerns have been expressed that in travelers the efficacy of the live oral Ty21a typhoid vaccine Vivotif could be lower than reported, maybe due to a lack of compliance. The purpose of this study was to examine the level of compliance with the recommendations regarding dosing, timing of dosing with respect to food intake, and storage.
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