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Vaccine
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Standard regimen
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Age
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Side effects
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Notes
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two doses, 2nd dose 6-12 months after the 1st
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> 19 yrs old
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Injection site soreness, headaches
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Safety in pregnancy not determined
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three doses, at 0, 1, and 6 months
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> 20 yrs old
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Injection site soreness, headaches
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Safety in pregnancy not determined
Contraindicated in yeast hypersensitivity
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three doses, at 0, 7, and 30 days; booster every 2-3 years
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> 3 yrs old
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Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting (hives and swelling are rare)
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Safety in pregnancy not determined
Administer last dose at least 10 days before trip departure
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one dose; booster every three to five years
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> 2 yrs old
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Injection site soreness
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Safe in pregnancy
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three doses, at 0, 7, and 21 days; booster and antibody check every 2-5 years
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All ages
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Muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes
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Pregnancy not contraindicated to pre exposure therapy
After animal bite, rabies vaccine on day of bite and on 3rd day post-bite required if pre exposure rabies vaccine administered (rabies immune globulin not necessary)
If administered concurrently, some anti-malarials may interfere with immune response of rabies vaccine
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one dose; booster every two years
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> 2 yrs old
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Nausea, vomiting, cramping
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Safety in pregnancy not determined
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one dose; booster every ten years
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> 9 months old
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Headaches, muscle aches, fever (encephalitis in the elderly is rare)
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Contraindicated in pregnancy, patients with egg allergy, and immunocompromised patients
Consider carefully in elderly patients
Avoid concurrent administration with other live virus vaccines (MMR, oral polio, varicella, oral Typhoid
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