Dengvaxia Pre-Vaccination Checklist

Key points

  • As a healthcare provider, it is important to ensure you are vaccinating patients who meet the criteria for a dengue vaccine.
  • Use this checklist to confirm if your patient is eligible for vaccination.
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Checklist

Your patient must have laboratory confirmation of a previous dengue infection to receive the dengue vaccine. Confirmation includes evidence of a prior acute dengue virus infection with:

  • A positive dengue RT-PCR test result, or
  • A positive dengue NS1 antigen test result

If evidence of a prior acute dengue virus infection is unavailable, you can also confirm a previous infection using positive results on both of the following tests in a two-step testing algorithm:

Additionally, your patient must meet ALL of these criteria:

Characteristic
Criteria
Age
  • Is between 9-16 years old
Lives in
  • Puerto Rico
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
  • American Samoa
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Republic of Palau
  • Republic of the Marshall Islands
Allergies
    • Does not have a history of severe allergic reaction to a previous dose of Dengvaxia or any component of the vaccine
    • Immune suppression
    • Has no diagnosis or history of severe immunodeficiency or immunosuppression caused by disease or therapy

    If you answer NO to ANY of these criteria, your patient is NOT eligible for vaccination at this time.

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