Vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis - particular application

The vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis helps to form a stable immunity to the virus and is an encephalitis virus that is inactivated by formalin.

To carry out the initial course of vaccination, it is sufficient to make three injections of this preparation. The first two injections are spent approximately in November-December with an interval between them not less than two weeks, but also not later than in a month. A third injection is given at the end of three months after the last vaccination, but it can not be done after two weeks before going to the site of possible infection.

If there are cases of emergency prophylaxis, the vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis within a month or two is introduced twice, and in the future it will be enough to administer this remedy once a year.

The vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis can be carried out from the age of six to 1 ml of the drug in each dose, and for children who have four to six years of 0.5 ml of the drug. The vaccine is administered exclusively subcutaneously at the lower angle of the scapula. In other parts and tissues of the body, the administration of the vaccine is prohibited.

The vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis can be administered together with inactivated as well as live vaccines. If it is necessary to administer immunoglobulin against tick-borne encephalitis, the interval between its management and this vaccine should be at least a month.

Possible side effects

If the patient has a hypersensitivity to a chicken protein or other constituents of the vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis, there may be negative effects such as headache and a slight increase in body temperature that occur after two days.

During the first 5 days there may be local reactions in the form of burning in the place of injection, soreness, development of infiltration and redness.

Vaccine from encephalitis - indications for use

This agent is introduced for routine preventive immunization in places where the risk of injury is also increased for people who visit foci of tick-borne encephalitis. Also, the drug is administered as an emergency aid if there is a suspicion of a tick bite in people living in regions endemic for tick-borne encephalitis.

Vaccine from encephalitis - contraindications for use

You can not administer this vaccine if a person has a febrile condition if there are progressive or hereditary diseases of the central nervous system. Contraindications to use are food allergies, epilepsy with frequent seizures, collagen diseases, cerebral circulation, bronchial asthma, chronic heart failure, as well as liver, kidney, diabetes, malignant tumors, thyrotoxicosis, pregnancy and blood diseases.

After the patient has suffered a fever, it is allowed to administer the vaccine no sooner than a month after his complete recovery. People who have suffered a meningococcal infection or viral hepatitis, the drug can be administered not earlier than six months after their complete recovery. After giving birth, after two weeks, you can do the vaccination.

If there is a real possibility of infection, the vaccine can be administered to children under the age of one year.

When vaccination should be avoided, that the drug has got into the vessels.

After a course consisting of three vaccinations is performed, in most people immunity persists for at least 3 years. At the end of this period, a single dose of the drug is administered.

If two revaccinations were missed, you should start the whole course from the very beginning. For people who live and work in endemic regions, doctors recommend that repeated vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis be carried out annually.