The Basics
What is Typhoid Vaccine?
Mostly recommended for regions with drug-resistant typhoid.
Brand names for Typhoid Vaccine
Vivotif Oral
How Typhoid Vaccine is classified
Vaccines
Typhoid Vaccine During Pregnancy
Typhoid Vaccine pregnancy category
Category CNote that the FDA has deprecated the use of pregnancy categories, so for some medications, this information isn’t available. We still think it’s useful to list historical info, however, given what a common proxy this has been in the past.
What we know about taking Typhoid Vaccine while pregnant
Can pregnant women get typhoid vaccine? What is known about the typhoid vaccine pregnancy safety? Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Vivotif. It is not known whether Vivotif can cause fetal harm when administered to pregnant women or can affect reproduction capacity. Vivotif should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Taking Typhoid Vaccine While Breastfeeding
What are recommendations for lactation if you're taking Typhoid Vaccine?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several health professional organizations state that vaccines given to a nursing mother do not affect the safety of breastfeeding for mothers or infants and that breastfeeding is not a contraindication to typhoid vaccine. Breastfed infants should be vaccinated according to the routine recommended schedules.[1][2][3]
Maternal / infant drug levels
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several health professional organizations state that vaccines given to a nursing mother do not affect the safety of breastfeeding for mothers or infants and that breastfeeding is not a contraindication to typhoid vaccine. Breastfed infants should be vaccinated according to the routine recommended schedules.[1][2][3]
Possible effects of Typhoid Vaccine on milk supply
Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Possible alternatives to Typhoid Vaccine
None listed
List of References
Lactation sources: Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/1. General recommendations on immunization — recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep. 2011;60 (RR-2):1-64. PMID: 21293327
2. Gruslin A, Steben M, Halperin S et al.. Immunization in pregnancy: No. 220, December 2008. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2009;105:187-91. PMID: 19367691
3. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases, Kimberlin DW, Brady MT et al. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 30th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics. 2015.
4. Pabst HF. Immunomodulation by breast-feeding. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1997;16:991-5. PMID: 9380478
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