Successful Immunization of an Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Live, Attenuated Yellow Fever Vaccine |
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| Authors: | Justin A. Yax,DO,DTM& H, Eileen C. Farnon,MD, N. Cary Engleberg,MD,DTM& H |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;;Arboviral Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA;;Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;Present address: Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Vaccination against yellow fever is effective, but available live virus vaccines are not recommended for use in immunocompromised or elderly patients. We report the successful and uneventful immunization of a 62-year-old man with a history of allogeneic bone marrow transplant and discuss evidence for this recommendation. |
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