Who should get typhoid fever vaccine?
The vaccine is recommended for: • all travellers to countries that have a high incidence of typhoid fever . • travellers to moderate and low risk countries, who will have prolonged exposure (more than three weeks) to potentially contaminated food and water, especially if they are travelling to or working in smaller cities and villages or rural areas off the usual tourist itineraries. People staying with or visiting families in such areas may be at particularly high risk. • travellers with reduced or absent gastric acid secretion. • people with ongoing household or intimate exposure to an S. typhi carrier. • laboratory workers who frequently handle and test stool, urine or blood that is infected with S. typhi.
