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Typhus vaccine

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Target disease
  
Typhus

ATC code
  
J07AR01 (WHO)

Type
  
Killed/Inactivated

ChemSpider
  
none

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Typhus vaccines are vaccines developed to protect against typhus.

One typhus vaccine consists of formaldehyde-inactivated Rickettsia prowazekii. Two doses are injected subcutaneously four weeks apart. Booster doses are required every six to twelve months.

References

Typhus vaccine Wikipedia