Pincushion

I was recently asked (hi, Anne!) what vaccinations I got for my visit to India. Here's my card:



The List:

• Typhoid (three oral dose series)
  
• Polio
• Meningitis
• Tetanus
• Diptheria
• Hepatitis A & B (3 shot series)
  
• Pneumococcal
• Japanese encephilitis (3 shot series)
  
• rabies (the first 3 of a 6 shot series; remaining 3 only if exposed)

I got all but the last three before my first visit in 2005; the last three were added for this trip because of its duration. I also take mefloquine once a week as a guard against malaria.

Of course, none of my Indian friends/coworkers take antimalarials, nor have they had many of these vaccines.