{"id":3250,"date":"2010-11-01T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2010-11-01T12:54:05","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T12:54:05","slug":"if-i-am-hiv-positive-which-vaccinations-are-safe-for-me-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/3250","title":{"rendered":"If I am HIV positive which vaccinations are safe for me to take?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccinations in HIV positive people are similar to vaccinations in HIV negative people. To view the answer to a similar question about vaccinations please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/3067\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The H1N1 influenza vaccine has been found to be about 73.5% protective in HIV positive people and does not cause any danger. For more information about a H1N1 vaccination study done in HIV positive people please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/4469\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there is no vaccine against Swine flu just against the seasonal influenza. For more information about Swine flu in positive people please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb-south\/387\/\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are travelling to malaria endemic areas you should also take prophylaxis against malaria. For more information on this please follow this link to a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/2651\">similar question<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some people, regardless of HIV status, find that after taking the vaccination they can feel achy and slightly feverish. This is as a result of the immune system generating a response to the vaccine to give the protection that is needed. Before taking any vaccine you should make sure that you are feeling fine. If you are experiencing symptoms of a cold or anything else then you should wait until you are feeling better before being vaccinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your advice.<\/p>\n<p>What vaccines are recommended for a HIV positive person with a CD4 count of 300-350? I want to be safe from infections anytime I travel. Please can you also include information on the the bird flu (H1N1) vaccine and swine flu vaccine; I saw many people get sick after taking these vaccines in my area.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,40,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-supplements-and-herbs","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}