Deployment Immunizations

The Military Vaccine Agency (MILVAX) recommends the vaccinations below for all personnel. Selected personnel may require other vaccines as dictated by appropriate medical authority. Additional vaccines may be required, depending on where you're going.

You can also find more information about the immunizations at http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/dcpm/CDI/DMIS.htm. These Deployment Medication Information Sheets (DMIS) provide Soldiers and concerned Family members with information on vaccines and other preventive medications they will receive in preparation for movement and/or during their deployment. Each DMIS provides basic information in laymen's terms and is divided by subheadings of uses, how to use, side effects, precautions, drug interactions, and notes.

Vaccine	Anthrax (AVA, ANT)	Hepatitis A	Hepatitis B	Influenza A&B
Infectious Hazard	Bioweapon	Food- or water-borne	Blood-borne	Respiratory disease, especially in close quarters
Disease Effects	Skin infection, Death (common)	Liver infection, death (rare)	Liver infection, chronic illness, death (rare)	Incapacitation, death (rare)
Microbe	Bacillus anthracis (bacteria)	Hepatitis A virus	Hepatitis B virus	Influenza A and influenza B viruses
Common Vaccine Side Effects	Injection-site swelling	Sore arm	Sore arm	Sore arm
Required in CENTCOMAOR?	As per DoD Policy	All countries	Medical forces	During fall-winter
Dosing Schedule	0, 2, 4w, 6, 12, 18m	0 + 6-18 m later	0, 1, 6 m	each fall
Manufacturer	BioPort	GSK, Merck	GSK, Merck	SP, Chiron; MedImmune
Vaccine Type	Inactivated	Inactivated	Inactivated	Inactivated or Live
License Status	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed

Vaccine	Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)	Meningococcal A, C, Y, W-135 (MGC)	Poliovirus inactivated (IPV)	Rabies
Infectious Hazard	Respiratory diseases	Respiratory disease, outbreaks in mid-Africa, Arabia	Food- or water-borne, close to eradication	Threat from infected animals, including bats
Disease Effects	Incapacitation, death (rare)	Meningitis, death (moderate)	Paralysis, death (rare)	Death (common)
Microbe	Measles virus, mumps virus, rubella virus	Neisseria meningitidis (bacteria) (4 types)	Polioviruses (3 types)	Rabies virus
Common Vaccine Side Effects	Sore arm	Sore arm	Sore arm	Sore arm
Required in CENTCOMAOR?	If missed in basic training	African countries of CENTCOM	If missed in basic training	Veterinarians, Special Ops
Dosing Schedule	1 dose	1 dose within 3 y	1 booster dose	Pre: 3 doses + boosters
Manufacturer	Merck	SP	SP	SP, Chiron
Vaccine Type	Live	Inactivated	Inactivated	Inactivated
License Status	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed

Vaccine	Smallpox (Vaccinia)	Tetanus-diphtheria (Td)	Typhoid (Vi injectable or oral capsules)	Yellow fever (YF)
Infectious Hazard	Bioweapon	T--spores in soil, D--Respiratory	Water-borne	Mosquito-borne
Disease Effects	Incapacitation, scars, death (common)	Paralysis, death (rare)	Diarrhea, dehydration, death (rare)	Encephalitis, death (moderate)
Microbe	Variola virus	Clostridium tetani, Corynebacterium diphtheriae (bacteria)	Salmonella typhi (bacteria)	Yellow fever virus
Common Vaccine Side Effects	Itching, swollen lymph nodes, rash	Sore arm	Sore arm	Sore arm
Required in CENTCOMAOR?	All countries	All countries	All countries	Horn of Africa
Dosing Schedule	1 dose, by DoD policy	1 dose, every 10 y	IM, 2y. Caps, 5 y	every 10 y
Manufacturer	Wyeth	SP	SP; Berna	SP
Vaccine Type	Live	Inactivated	Inactivated or Live	Live
License Status	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed	FDA Licensed

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