Kids with egg allergy 'can safely receive' yellow fever vax
Consider skin prick testing and split dosing, say researchers
14th May 2019
Children with any degree of egg allergy, including past anaphylaxis, can safely receive the yellow fever vaccine under specialist supervision, physicians say after reviewing a case series.
The Australian Immunisation Handbook says egg allergy is considered a contraindication to being vaccinated against yellow fever because of the high content of ovalbumin in the vaccine — more than that in the influenza vaccine.
However, paediatric vaccinologists say a case series presented at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians congress in Auckland may lead to guideline