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Yellow Fever Vaccination

Yellow Fever Vaccination

Ok, this kind of bites the big one!!!!!!!  I am planning this trip to west Africa, and the country that I am going to requires the Yellow Fever Vaccination to be able to go there.   Being HIV+, it is not recommended to receive the Yellow Fever VAX, since it is a live vaccine.  I have had the vaccine once before back in either 1993 or 1994.  I spoke to one "travel nurse" who said that since I have received the vaccine once in the past, another one would be just a "booster."  My CD 4 count consistently runs between 550-700 with an undetectable viral load.   She seemed to feel that I would be "ok" with it, since I should already have some of the immunity to Yellow Fever left in my system.  My question is, if anybody knows this, (?????).  Would it be safe and non-promlematic for me to receive the Yellow Fever Vaccine????
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Discuss it with your ID doctor.
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"ID" doctor means Infectious Disease Doctor...or check it out with the Dr who treats your HIV.
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