TABLE 8-2.

Schedule and Dosing for Travel Vaccines

Vaccine	Schedule	Minimum Age	Dose (mL)	Route	Booster Dose
BCG (live attenuated)	1 dose	Birth	<30 days: 0.3 mL (dilute to half concentration) >30 days: 0.3 mL	Intradermal preferred but subcutaneous acceptable	None
Hepatitis A/B, combined (inactivated/recombinant)	3 doses: 0, 1, and 6 months	1 year	0.5 mL	Intramuscular	None
Meningococcal – A/C/Y/W-135 (polysaccharide)	1 dose	3 months (see text)	0.5 mL	Subcutaneous	<4 years: 2–3 years ≥4 years: 3–5 years
Meningococcal – A/C/Y/W-135 (conjugated polysaccharide)	1 dose	2 years	0.5 mL	Intramuscular	<7 years: 3 years ≥7 years: 5 years
Rabies (inactivated cell culture)	3 doses: 0, 7, 21 or 28 days	Birth	1.0 mL	Intramuscular	Consider at 2 years if high-risk
Typhoid, Ty21a (live attenuated)	4 doses: alternate days	6 years	1 capsule	Oral	5 years
Typhoid, Vi (capsular polysaccharide)	1 dose	2 years	0.5 mL	Intramuscular	2 years
Yellow fever (live attenuated)	1 dose	9 months	0.5 mL	Subcutaneous	10 years
Japanese encephalitis (IXIARO)	2 doses: 0 and 28 days	17 years	0.5 mL	Intramuscular	1 year

BCG, bacille Calmette-Guérin