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Typhoid Vaccine
Also known as Vi Capsular Polysaccharide Typhoid Vaccine is a colourless and transparent injection in liquid form containing Vi capsular polysaccharide .
Composition is 0.5 ml that contains purified Vi capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella Typhu 25 mcg.
Indications:
Prevention of Typhoid fever in adults and children over 2 years of age.
Dosage :
A single intramuscular injection of Typbar 0.5 ml for adults and children over 2 years of age.
The protection lasts for upto 3 years.
Revaccination is needed once every 3 years to maintain protection.
Precautions:
Immunisation should be postponed in febrile subjects or in persons with acute infection.
Contraindications:
1. Hypersensitivity to any constituent of vaccine.
2. Pregnancy and lactation:
The risk during pregnancy is currently not exactly known.
Adverse Effects:
Mild pain at injection site.
Erythema /. Induration at injection site.
Mild fever in 1 - 5 % of cases.
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