BCG vaccine question

[pavelcherepan]

Hi everyone, thanks for reading!

 

I have a 2-month old son and we're planning a trip to Russia in summer to visit some extended family members. Here in Victoria, Aus tuberculosis is all but nonexistent so much that our GP went into stupor for some 5 minutes when I tried to explain that we need to get a TB vaccination for our son.

 

Now I have vaccination scheduled for the 2nd of June, but some of the things doctors told me are in conflict with what I read before, so I would greatly appreciate it if someone with knowledge in immunology could help answer those:

 

1) Our trip is scheduled for the end of July and with the immunization on 2nd of June is this enough time for developing immunity?

 

2) My son has another immunisation scheduled for 26th of May for DPT vaccine and Hep B. Could those be in conflict with TB vaccination? Doctors told me it's all good, but they didn't sound so sure.

 

EDIT: Sorry, posted in a wrong forum. If any of moderators are reading this is it possible to move this thread to immunology forum? Thanks in advance.

Edited April 8, 2015 by pavelcherepan

[imatfaal]

Speak to a Specialist.

However I was looking into it and found this

 

http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/5F156B82656B85F9CA2578A700146FC1/$FILE/tb_mgmt_guide.pdf

 

Dunno if you had already looked at it. You want page 34. You might also want to check out the Australian Immunisation Handbook mentioned

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/when-is-bcg-tb-vaccine-needed.aspxis pretty good.

 

http://www.nathnac.org/pro/factsheets/documents/tb.pdf - nothing on lead time though

[pavelcherepan]

Speak to a Specialist.

However I was looking into it and found this

 

http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/5F156B82656B85F9CA2578A700146FC1/$FILE/tb_mgmt_guide.pdf

 

Dunno if you had already looked at it. You want page 34. You might also want to check out the Australian Immunisation Handbook mentioned

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/when-is-bcg-tb-vaccine-needed.aspxis pretty good.

 

http://www.nathnac.org/pro/factsheets/documents/tb.pdf - nothing on lead time though

 

Wow! Thanks a lot imatfaal! A lot of good info!

[imatfaal]

Enjoy Russia. Which parts are you visiting? It is somewhere that I haven't travelled to enough. I have done St Peterburg (even when it was still Leningrad), Volgagrad (I am not so old that it was still Stalingrad), and Moscow; I would love to do Siberia, the East, and the Black Sea ports. But so many places and so little time.

[pavelcherepan]

Enjoy Russia. Which parts are you visiting? It is somewhere that I haven't travelled to enough. I have done St Peterburg (even when it was still Leningrad), Volgagrad (I am not so old that it was still Stalingrad), and Moscow; I would love to do Siberia, the East, and the Black Sea ports. But so many places and so little time.

 

Thanks! Mostly going to St.Petersburg, but will try to get to Ukraine if possible, I have some relatives near Kiev as well

[fiveworlds]

1) Our trip is scheduled for the end of July and with the immunization on 2nd of June is this enough time for developing immunity?

 

Yes. But to be on the safe side you should schedule a blood test with the phlebotomist at the end of June to make sure the baby has developed antibodies. Also make sure that the phlebotomist understands the necessity of having the results back before the end of June. As I have said before vaccinations are not always 100% effective from person to person.

Edited April 8, 2015 by fiveworlds