Typhus vaccine

Not to be confused with typhoid vaccine.
Typhus vaccine
Vaccine description
Target disease Typhus
Type Killed/Inactivated
Clinical data
ATC code J07AR01 (WHO)
Identifiers
ChemSpider none
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Typhus vaccines are vaccines developed to protect against typhus.[1][2]

One typhus vaccine consists of formaldehyde-inactivated Rickettsia prowazekii. Two doses are injected subcutaneously four weeks apart. Booster doses are required every six to twelve months.

See also

References

  1. Chattopadhyay S, Richards AL (2007). "Scrub typhus vaccines: past history and recent developments". Hum Vaccin. 3 (3): 73–80. doi:10.4161/hv.3.3.4009. PMID 17375000.
  2. 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.


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