Typhus vaccine

Typhus vaccine
	Typhus vaccine developed by Rudolf Weigl
Vaccine description
Target disease	Typhus
Type	Killed/Inactivated
Clinical data
ATC code	J07AR01 (WHO) ;
Identifiers
ChemSpider	none;
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Typhus vaccines are vaccines developed to protect against typhus.^[1] As of 2020 they are not commercially available.^[2]^[3]^[4]

One typhus vaccine consisted of formaldehyde-inactivated Rickettsia prowazekii. Two doses were injected subcutaneously four weeks apart. Booster doses were required every six to twelve months.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Scrub typhus vaccines: past history and recent developments". Hum Vaccin 3 (3): 73–80. 2007. doi:10.4161/hv.3.3.4009. PMID 17375000. http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/hv/abstract.php?id=4009.
↑ "Epidemic Typhus" (in en-us). 7 March 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/epidemic/index.html.
↑ "Murine Typhus" (in en-us). https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/murine/index.html.
↑ "Scrub Typhus" (in en-us). 7 March 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/scrub/index.html.

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[pmid17375000-1] "Scrub typhus vaccines: past history and recent developments". Hum Vaccin 3 (3): 73–80. 2007. doi:10.4161/hv.3.3.4009. PMID 17375000. http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/hv/abstract.php?id=4009.

[CDC2017Epi-2] "Epidemic Typhus" (in en-us). 7 March 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/epidemic/index.html.

[CDC2017Mu-3] "Murine Typhus" (in en-us). https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/murine/index.html.

[CDC2017Scu-4] "Scrub Typhus" (in en-us). 7 March 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/typhus/scrub/index.html.

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Typhus vaccine

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