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1Service Universitaire de Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier Tourcoing, 59208 Tourcoing, France. nguyen.sophie@club-internet.fr
Introduction:
The yellow-fever vaccination center of the Tourcoing Hospital (France) has been accessible to Belgian travelers since its opening in 1994.
Method:
The authors reported the specificities of these consultations during the year 2010, by retrospectively analyzing electronic medical records.
Results:
Some medical issues encountered during the consultation were due to differences in vaccination schedules: for the polio vaccine, since the last dose is administered between 5 and 7 years of age in Belgium; and for the measles vaccine since a late two-dose schedule (second dose between 12 and 13 years of age) is recommended in this country. Moreover, some specific vaccines are available only in Belgium: a diphtheria-tetanus bivalent vaccine, and a live attenuated oral typhoid vaccine.
Discussion:
The specificities of the Belgian border traveler consultation in our French yellow-fever center are due to a difference in European vaccination schedules; the physician must be aware of these.
Conclusion:
The physician has to propose updates on vaccination schedules, and be aware of yellow-fever vaccine compatibility with vaccines recently administered in Belgium.
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