According to Merck, individuals who are vaccinated with certain live viruses should not be around vulnerable groups for up to six weeks. Here’s what the package insert for the VARIVAX varicella vaccine says: “vaccine recipients should attempt to avoid, whenever possible, close association with susceptible high-risk individuals for up to six weeks. In circumstances where contact with high-risk individuals is unavoidable, the potential risk of transmission of vaccine virus should be weighed against the risk of acquiring and transmitting natural varicella virus. Susceptible high-risk individuals include: immunocompromised individuals pregnant women without documented history of chickenpox or laboratory evidence of prior infection newborn infants of mothers without documented history of chickenpox or laboratory evidence of prior infection and all newborn infants born at
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:30:31 +0000
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