Patient's question:
Around the age of one, due to illness and hospitalization, the vaccination was not administered in time. Now the baby is 1 year and 10 months old. How should the Japanese encephalitis vaccine be administered? How many shots are needed? What kind of assistance is needed: vaccination time and precautions...Doctor's answer:
If you have never been vaccinated against Japanese encephalitis, you can follow the procedure to get vaccinated. If the vaccine administered is inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine, the first vaccination requires 2 doses, with an interval of 7-10 days. If the vaccine administered is live attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine, only 1 dose is required for the first vaccination. Since you are planning to travel, it is recommended to get the live attenuated Japanese encephalitis vaccine. If you cannot get the inactivated vaccine, you will have to get vaccinated in a different location, but it will still be the inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine.