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I was wondering are any vaccines needed while traveling in china?

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Dr. Shah Chowdhury answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

TRAVEL MEDICINE: Depends on which part of china and which season you are travelling. One vaccine you must get is hepatitis-a. Talk to your health department or id doctor who does travel medicine.

Answered 11/20/2013

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Several recommended: 1make sure you are up to date on routine vaccines like tdap, mmr, varicella if you have not had chicken pox, polio and annual flu shot 2hepatitisa vaccine two doses 6 momths apart 3typhoid vaccine if you are eating out while travelling rural areas 4jappanese encephalitis if your trip will last for more than a month 5rabies vaccine if involved in outdoor activities 6malaria not vaccine but pills/preve.

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