Drug details

Vivotif Oral (typhoid vaccine)

type of Vaccines, Travel, Vaccines, Live, Bacterial

Vivotif Oral (typhoid vaccine) is a "live" immunization used to help prevent infection (typhoid fever) caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi. Vivotif Oral is recommended for people older than 6 years who are traveling to areas where typhoid fever is common (i.e., Central and South America, Africa, Asia), who are exposed to someone with typhoid infection, or who work with the bacteria in a laboratory.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• nausea,
• vomiting,
• diarrhea,
• fever,
• stomach pain,
• skin rash.
• headache, or

The following drugs are related to Vivotif Oral, either as a replacement or used together:

• Vaxelis (diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus, haemophilus b conjugate [meningococcal protein conjugate] and hepatitis b [recombinant] vaccine)