Travel vaccines: Update for Canadian pharmacists

Travel vaccines: Update

“…Travellers' diarrhea and cholera 1. The article states that the oral cholera/ETEC-diarrhea vaccine (DUKORAL) is "promoted in Canada to protect travellers against TD but may provide a false sense of security, as the actual efficacy of this vaccine for the prevention of all-cause TD is quite low, at only 6%. "…”

“…The article states that the oral cholera/ETEC-diarrhea vaccine (DUKORAL) is "promoted in Canada to protect travellers against TD but may provide a false sense of security, as the actual efficacy of this vaccine for the prevention of all-cause TD is quite low, at only 6%. " 1 DUKORAL is not promoted to prevent all-cause travellers' diarrhea (TD). DUKORAL is indicated specifically for the prevention of and protection against cholera and ETECproducing heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) for adults and children 2 years of age and older.…”