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dear sir/madam,when we see pt of chicken pox(i.p.3-7days) or mumps(incubation period of 14days) parent ask for vaccination of other siblings.should we wait till incubation period for disease to menifest,, especially for mumps pt.?or can we immunise them.
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The mumps vaccine cannot be used to prevent the development of mumps after exposure in unimmunised people. However giving the vaccine leads to no harm.
For chickenpox, in non-immune patients, prevent infection by vaccination with varicella vaccine within 3 days of exposure. Although you may not be able to prevent infection if you are vaccinated within 5 days after exposure, you will get a milder case of chickenpox.
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