Table 2.

Summary of recommendations from the Canadian guidelines [37].

Vaccine-preventable disease	Children <18 years	Adults >18 years
Measles, mumps, rubella	Vaccinate all migrant children with missing or uncertain vaccination records using age appropriate vaccination	Vaccinate all adults without immunisation record
Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio	Vaccinate all migrant children with missing or uncertain vaccination records using age appropriate vaccination	Vaccinate all adult migrants without immunisation records
Varicella	Vaccinate all migrant children <13 years with varicella vaccine without prior serological testing	Screen all migrants from tropical countries of 13 years and older for serum varicella antibodies, and vaccinate those found to be susceptible
Hepatitis B	Screen children where seroprevalence of is >2%. Vaccinate those who are susceptible	Screen adults where seroprevalance of is >2%. Vaccinate those who are susceptible
Tuberculosis	Screen children, adolescent <20 years of age from countries with high incidence as soon as possible after their arrival with a tuberculin skin test. If positive, rule out active tuberculosis and then treat latent tuberculosis infection.	Screen those 20–50 year of age from countries with high incidence as soon as possible after their arrival with a tuberculin skin test. If positive, rule out active tuberculosis and then treat latent tuberculosis infection.