Vaccinal issues between Belgian and French travelers.
BACKGROUND
The yellow-fever vaccination center of the Tourcoing Hospital (France) has been accessible to Belgian travelers since its opening in 1994.


METHODS
The authors reported the specificities of these consultations during the year 2010, by retrospectively analyzing electronic medical records.


RESULTS
Some medical issues encountered during the consultation were due to differences in vaccination schedules: for the polio vaccine, since the last dose is administered between 5 and 7 years of age in Belgium; and for the measles vaccine since a late two-dose schedule (second dose between 12 and 13 years of age) is recommended in this country. Moreover, some specific vaccines are available only in Belgium: a diphtheria-tetanus bivalent vaccine, and a live attenuated oral typhoid vaccine.


CONCLUSIONS
The specificities of the Belgian border traveler consultation in our French yellow-fever center are due to a difference in European vaccination schedules; the physician must be aware of these.


CONCLUSIONS
The physician has to propose updates on vaccination schedules, and be aware of yellow-fever vaccine compatibility with vaccines recently administered in Belgium.
Service Universitaire de Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre Hospitalier Tourcoing, 59208 Tourcoing, France. nguyen.sophie@club-internet.fr
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D001500:BCG Vaccine; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine; D014765:Viral Vaccines