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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:33 am Post subject: reccomended vaccinations? |
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I'm about to leave for Seoul and am wondering what shots are worth getting. I am asuming hepatitis is a must, tetnis might not hurt, and malaria I might be able to live without, but all of this is pretty much a wild guess.
can any of you respected korea travel veterans give me pointers? any info is much appreciated |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: Re: reccomended vaccinations? |
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I'm about to leave for Seoul and am wondering what shots are worth getting. I am asuming hepatitis is a must, tetnis might not hurt, and malaria I might be able to live without, but all of this is pretty much a wild guess.
can any of you respected korea travel veterans give me pointers? any info is much appreciated |
You'd be much better off getting an appointment with a doctor/nurse than getting information from people on here. Hep A and B are generally recommended, but you should have dealt with this before as Heb B, for example, requires more than one shot over the period of at least one month. Malaria is not an issue in Seoul and most of Korea. |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:13 am Post subject: Re: reccomended vaccinations? |
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| butlerian wrote: |
| crlb2006 wrote: |
I'm about to leave for Seoul and am wondering what shots are worth getting. I am asuming hepatitis is a must, tetnis might not hurt, and malaria I might be able to live without, but all of this is pretty much a wild guess.
can any of you respected korea travel veterans give me pointers? any info is much appreciated |
You'd be much better off getting an appointment with a doctor/nurse than getting information from people on here. Hep A and B are generally recommended, but you should have dealt with this before as Heb B, for example, requires more than one shot over the period of at least one month. Malaria is not an issue in Seoul and most of Korea. |
oddly enough, my employer hasnt said word 1 about shots so i am new to the vaccination game |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Don't get a shot for yellow fever.
You'll have no fun over here if you do. |
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Don't get a shot for yellow fever.
You'll have no fun over here if you do. |
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Davew125
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| I got rabis done before i came over here but it was expensive and not really necessary (plus its not really a vaccination), and it was recommended that i get Japanese Encephalitis if i was going to be somewhere rural with wild pigs and mosquitos in the vicinity. It was expensive where im from (UK) and you need to give yourself 5 or 6 weeks to do it as well otherwise they wont let you fly because of the risk on anaphylaxis. so just your hep A and B and a tetnus boaster is all you probably need. |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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South Korea - Asia
Travelling to South Korea on 6 months or longer recommend protection against the following infections:
Recommended vaccinations Starting
Diphtheria 1 day
Tuberkulosis 6 weeks
Hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) 1 week
Hepatitis B 3 - 4 weeks
Tetanus 1 day
Typhoid 1 week
Malaria -
Japanese encephalitis 3 weeks
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6 weeks
http://www.traveldoctor.info/trip/result.1.147.4.html |
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