Table 1.

Administration of vaccines

Vaccine	Route of administration
	Intramuscular	Subcutaneous	Intradermal	Oral	Intranasal
Measles	Xa	X
Mumps	Xa	X
Rubella	Xa	X
Varicella		X
Yellow fever	X	X
Herpes zoster		X
Cholera				X
Pertussis	X
Tetanus/diphtheria	X
Tick-borne encephalitis	X
Influenza	X	X	X		X
Hepatitis A	X	Xb
Hepatitis B	X	Xb
Poliomyelitis	X	Xb		X
Pneumococcal disease	Xc	Xd
Meningococcal disease	Xc
Typhoid fever	X	X		X
Japanese encephalitis	X	Xb
Rabies	X
Papillomavirus	X
Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG)			X

^aIn combination with varicella vaccine, only a subcutaneous injection is possible

^bIntramuscular injection preferred; only when an intramuscular injection is not possible, a subcutaneous injection should be considered

^cConjugate vaccines should only be administrated intramuscularly

^dPolysaccharide vaccine might be administered intramuscularly or subcutaneously