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Immunizations - travel vaccinations - Management
When is yellow fever vaccine contraindicated?
- Yellow fever vaccine should not be given to:
- Anyone aged 5 months or under.
- Those who have had a confirmed anaphylactic reaction to a previous dose of yellow fever vaccine.
- Those who have had a confirmed anaphylactic reaction to any of the components of the vaccine.
- Those who have had a confirmed anaphylactic reaction to egg.
- Anyone with a thymus disorder.
- Anyone who is immunocompromised.
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Clarification / Additional information
- Anyone who must travel and cannot receive a yellow fever vaccine should be informed of the risk of yellow fever and instructed in mosquito bite avoidance measures.
- Anyone who is travelling to countries where an International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis against yellow fever is required for entry, should request that a letter of exemption is issued by the Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre or by the practitioner treating the person. This should be taken into consideration by the port health authorities at the destination.
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