Yellow fever vaccination for immunocompromised travellers: unjustified vaccination hesitancy?

Wesley de Jong; Rob A de Man; Virgil A S H Dalm; Chantal B E M Reusken; Marco Goeijenbier; Eric C M van Gorp

doi:10.1093/jtm/taz015

Yellow fever vaccination for immunocompromised travellers: unjustified vaccination hesitancy?

J Travel Med. 2019 Sep 2;26(6):taz015. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taz015.

Authors

Wesley de Jong¹, Rob A de Man², Virgil A S H Dalm³, Chantal B E M Reusken^{1

4}, Marco Goeijenbier^{1

5}, Eric C M van Gorp^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Gastro-Enterology and Liver Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Department of Immunology, Erasmus University Medical Center, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, GM Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Improved quality of life in immunocompromised patients opens travel opportunities, but administering the yellow fever (YF) vaccine is often contraindicated. We advocate re-evaluating this position for immunocompromised patients who travel frequently or who are migrating to regions in which YF is endemic.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Contraindications, Drug
Enzyme Inhibitors / administration & dosage
Enzyme Inhibitors / adverse effects
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host / immunology*
Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
Male
Mycophenolic Acid / administration & dosage
Mycophenolic Acid / adverse effects
Risk Assessment
Tacrolimus / administration & dosage
Travel
Vaccination / adverse effects
Yellow Fever Vaccine / administration & dosage
Yellow Fever Vaccine / adverse effects
Yellow Fever Vaccine / immunology*

Substances

Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Yellow Fever Vaccine
Mycophenolic Acid
Tacrolimus