Vaccinations:
Meningococcal | Recommended for all travelers. Required during the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca). |
Polio | Required for travelers under age 15 arriving from countries where polio still occurs. One-time booster recommended for any adult traveler who completed the childhood series but never had polio vaccine as an adult. |
Hepatitis A | Recommended for all travelers |
Influenza | Recommended for all travelers during the Hajj season |
Typhoid | For travelers who may eat or drink outside major restaurants and hotels |
Yellow fever | Required for all travelers arriving from a yellow-fever-infected area in Africa or the Americas. Not recommended otherwise. |
Hepatitis B | Recommended for all travelers |
Rabies | For travelers at high risk for animal bites or involved in any activities that might bring them into direct contact with bats |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) | Two doses recommended for all travelers born after 1956, if not previously given |
Tetanus-diphtheria | Revaccination recommended every 10 years |
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