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Live Attenuated Vaccine
Aka: Live Attenuated Vaccine, Live Vaccine
- Contraindications
- See Immunization in HIV
- See Immunization in Pregnancy
- Preparations: Live Vaccines
- Parenteral Vaccines
- Herpes Zoster or Shingles Vaccine (Zostavax)
- Varicella Vaccine (Varivax)
- Measles Mumps Rubella
- Smallpox (Vaccinia)
- Yellow Fever
- Oral or Nasal Vaccines
- Nasal Flumist Influenza Vaccine
- Oral Polio Vaccine
- Oral Rotavirus Vaccine
- Oral Typhoid Vaccine
- Approach: Vaccines in combination
- Two Live Vaccines may be given on same day
- However 2 non-oral Live Vaccines if NOT given on same day, should be separated by 4 weeks
- Zostavax may be given on same day as Pneumovax 23 (PPV-23)
- In contrast to package insert which describes 4 weeks between doses
- References
- (2013) Presc Lett 20(12): 68