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daveeslcafe888 · Joined: 09 Apr 2011

Hi Everyone,

An ex-roommate of mine (who taught in Korea in the past), recommends getting certain vaccines (like H1N1) as soon as I get to Korea.

What do you guys recommend?

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

Here's what the CDC has to say: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/south-korea.htm

But, in reality, you're probably fine as you are so long as you've had your MMR and Hep vaccines. If you haven't have chickenpox then you may want to get the vaccine. And, you may also want to see about the meningitis vaccine as there's quite a lot of food sharing in Korea.

daveeslcafe888 · Joined: 09 Apr 2011

Thanks

isitts · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Location: Korea

And don't forget polio, small pox, and shingles. You can never be to careful.

Try and get them all done in one visit.

northway · Joined: 05 Jul 2010

Hep-C is a good one to get if you plan on travelling Southeast Asia at all.

isitts · Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Location: Korea

Oh, and malaria.

northway · Joined: 05 Jul 2010

Hokie21 · Joined: 01 Mar 2011

And Typhoid, Rabies and Dengue Fever.

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

northway · Joined: 05 Jul 2010

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

matthews_world · Joined: 15 Feb 2003

Get them done here in Korea where it's 25% as expensive as in the U.S. for example.

News reports are stating that malaria is crossing the DMZ so people up in Paju area should be especially concerned.

Japanese encephalytis is a good one to get as well.

Weigookin74 · Joined: 26 Oct 2009

I got twinrix done in Canada. My doctor gave the prescription and her nurse administered the shot. But time is critical. I had one shot right away and then another a month later. Finally, the last one is 6 months to a year later. Maybe cost around a hundred bucks for each one. Twinrix protects against Hep A and B. Don't know if they do it the same way here though it might be cheaper. I got some others from the VOA (Victorian order of Nurses), but opted not to get the Jap Enc vaccine. I'd prob need to get a Polio booster and others depending on where I travel to in Asia. It would be good to know where to go here for those things.

I was told the twinrix vaccine is good for 20 years or so. As another poster said, the food sharing here is common so getting hep A and B vaccines is good.