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. 2016 Sep 14;22(34):7625–7644. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i34.7625

Table 5.

Vaccination in special populations of inflammatory bowel disease patients

Pregnancy
Category B Category C Category X
Influenza (LAIV) PPSV 23 Varicella, if non-immune
1 dose upon completion or termination of pregnancy and before discharge from health care facility.
2nd dose 4-8 wk later.
Influenza (IIV) Zoster
Boostrix (Tdap) Adacel (Tdap)
1 dose of Tdap vaccine during each pregnancy regardless of immunization status 1 dose of Tdap vaccine during each pregnancy regardless of immunization status
HPV 4, HPV 2 Meningococcus
PCV 13 Hepatitis A and B vaccine
MMR, if non-immune
1 dose upon completion or termination of pregnancy and before discharge from health care facility.
2nd dose 4-8 wk later.
The IBD traveler
Vaccine Type Travel related indication
Yellow fever Live Parts of South America and sub-Saharan Africa
Typhoid Live and Inactivated Asia, Africa, Central and South America, The Caribbean, Oceania
Polio Live
Influenza Inactivated
BCG vaccine Live Travel to highly endemic area > 1 yr
Hepatitis A Inactivated Central or South America, Mexico, Asia( except Japan), Africa, Eastern Europe
Meningococcal vaccine Inactivated sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia (during Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage)
Japanese encephalitis virus Inactivated Rural Japan

Adapted from Chaudrey et al[55].