Why is vaccination required?
Typhoid fever is a very dangerous bacterial infectious disease. It affects up to twenty million people in the world every year. This disease is most common among adolescents and children. If an advanced disease is left untreated, it will cause serious complications that can lead to death.
The causative agent of this disease enters the human body through contaminated food or water. The infection spreads very quickly through the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the liver and spleen. Bacteria constantly mutate, resulting in the development of antibiotic resistance. Therefore, the main, most effective way of protecting against this dangerous disease today is vaccine prophylaxis.
When and who is vaccinated?
This vaccination is not compulsory, therefore it is not included in the vaccination schedule.
It is recommended for those people who are at increased risk of infection. These include the following categories of citizens:
- People living in regions with regular typhoid epidemics or traveling for a while to such areas.
- Laboratory staff working with pathogens.
- Workers employed in the field of communal services.
- Health workers treating typhoid patients.
Mass anti-typhoid immunization of people can be carried out for the purpose of prophylaxis in the event of a threat of a typhoid epidemic during natural disasters, accidents on sewer/water supply networks, or to combat an outbreak of infection.
