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Monday, July 7, 2014

URGENT - Child from Nigeria in India having biliary atresia - 1 year age to undergo liver transplant - when to give YF vaccine?


QUESTION: 
A 1 year old baby from nigeria has come to Indian for Liver Transplant for Biliary Atresia.
How soon after YF vaccine can we do the Liver transplant?

ANSWER:
According to this source
you should give any live vaccine at least 1 month for all live vaccines, and since YF vaccine is a live one, I would recommend giving the vaccine 1 month before the liver transplant.
As far as vaccination after a solid organ transplant, generally all KILLED vaccines can be restarted after 3-6 months of the procedure. Live vaccines are NOT recommended after solid organ transplantation as per the above mentioned reference

regards
Gaurav Gupta, MD, TravelSafe Clinics, India
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