Recommended Immunizations for Adults: By Health Condition

En español: 2017 Adults: By Health Condition Schedule in Easy-to-read Format

• = Recommended For You: This vaccine is recommended for you unless your healthcare professional tells you that you cannot safely receive it or that you do not need it.

§ = May Be Recommended For You: This vaccine is recommended for you if you have certain other risk factors due to your age, health, job, or lifestyle that are not listed here. Talk to your healthcare professional to see if you need this vaccine.

⇒ = You should not get this vaccine.

If you have this health condition	talk to your healthcare professional about these vaccines
	Flu Influenza	Td/Tdap Tetanus Diphtheria, pertussis	Shingles Zoster	Pneumococcal		Meningococcal		MMR Measles, mumps, rubella	HPV Human papillomavirus		Chickenpox Varicella	Hepatitis A	Hepatitis B	Hib Haemophilus influenzae type b
				PCV13	PPSV23	MenACWY or MPSV4	MenB		for women	for men
Pregnancy	•	•	SHOULD NOT GET VACCINE⇒		§	§		SHOULD NOT GET VACCINE⇒			SHOULD NOT GET VACCINE⇒	§	§
Weakened Immune System				•	•		§		•	•				•
HIV: CD4 count less than 200						•							•	§
HIV: CD4 count 200 or greater								•			•
Kidney disease or poor kidney function			•			§
Asplenia (if you do not have a spleen or if it does not work well)						•	•						§	•
Heart disease; Chronic lung disease; Chronic alcoholism				§		§	§							§
Diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2)													•
Chronic Liver Disease												•
More Information:	You should get flu vaccine every year.	You should get a Td booster every 10 years. You also need 1 dose of Tdap vaccine. Women should get Tdap vaccine during every pregnancy.	You should get shingles vaccine if you are age 60 years or older, even if you have had shingles before.	You should get 1 dose of PCV13 and at least 1 dose of PPSV23 depending on your age and health condition.				You should get this vaccine if you did not get it when you were a child.						You should get Hib vaccine if you do not have a spleen, have sickle cell disease, or received a bone marrow transplant.
									You should get HPV vaccine if you are a woman through age 26 years or a man through age 21 years and did not already complete the series.

If you are traveling outside the United States, you may need additional vaccines.
Ask your healthcare professional about which vaccines you may need at least 6 weeks before you travel.

The recommendations in this schedule were approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).

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