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Are you contagious after the nasal flu vaccine?
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Nasal Flu Vaccine: You are slightly contagious after receiving the nasal flu vaccine. The nasal vaccine contains weakened "live" virus (as opposed to the shot that contains incomplete viral particles). These weakened viruses can be spread but generally can't lead to disease. However, people who are immunocompromised (i.e. Cancer patients) can become sickened in this way.
Answered 11/1/2015
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LiveAttenuatedVaccin: Nasal Flu Vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine and is not contagious for healthy people.No serious illness has been reported among the contacts, Only contact with severely weakened immune system and in protective envoirenment like after stem cell transplant,on chemotherapy,pre term infants be avoided
Answered 3/20/2015
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