4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question
Dear sir/madam,when we see patient 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 manifest, especially for mumps patient? or can we immunize them.
Answer
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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