Table 2.
Variable | Traveler population to LMI Countries | Children up to 5 years of age in LMI Countries |
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Indication | Prevention of moderate to severe illness due to Campylobacter jejuni in travelers from high income countries | Prevention of moderate to severe diarrhea due to Campylobacter jejuni in children less than two years of age. |
Target Population | Adults 18 – 65 years | Children up to 5 years of age. |
Schedule and Route of Administration* | Optimal: 1 dose IM route. Acceptable: 2 dose IM route 28 days or less |
Optimal: EPI schedule – 1 dose IM route. Acceptable: EPI schedule: 2 or 3 dose + booster IM route. |
Safety | Safety and reactogenicity profile should be clinically acceptable. Contraindications should be restricted to know hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components | |
Efficacy* | 70% efficacy against moderate to severe illness caused by all C. jejuni strains | Optimal: 70% efficacy against moderate to severe illness caused by all C. jejuni strains Acceptable: 50% efficacy against moderate to severe illness caused by C. jejuni strains in the vaccine |
Duration of Protection | Optimal: lifetime Acceptable: 2 years |
Optimal: To 5 years. Acceptable: 2 years, w/boosting possible to extend protection |
Cost per regimen | $75 – 100 | $1 – 3 |
Co-administration | With travel vaccines without interference | With EPI vaccines without interference |
Vaccine volume | 0.5 ml/dose | |
Target Countries | US, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other HDI countries | GAVI-eligible and LMIC |
Onset of immunity | 1–2 weeks after primary series | 2 weeks after vaccine series |
Indirect protection | No | Yes, ideally |
Protection against chronic health sequelae | Yes (functional bowel disorders, reactive arthritis, GBS) | Yes (environmental enteropathy, GBS) |