Innoculations

[allen.crawford]

We will be going to our local Travel Medicine Clinic in February to receive consultation from a doctor on which innoculations are recommended for our Lisbon to Rio cruise.

We will also be getting a Hepititas A innoculation at the same time, since they highly recommend it for travel in the Caribbean (our 5 trip there will be the end of Feb).

I am now curious to learn if anyone else has ever taken innoculations for cruising in the Caribbean? If so, which ones?

[jhannah]

We've never had shots prior to cruising the Caribbean. None have ever been required, to my knowledge. Things can change from time to time depending on local conditions, of course. So go with whatever is recommended. The U.S. State Department website will list any vaccine requirements for travel outside the U.S.

[doone]

I never did for the caribbean, but when I was getting ready to sail the Baltics, it was highly recommended. So I went to my local travel clinic and they set me up and I got the shots they recommended.

[lipoppop]

Unless you are going up river on the Amazon I think shots are unnecessary. As suggested you can check the CDC board but I would be surprised if they felt shots for the Caribbean were necessary.

[Sage]

Allen,

We didn't get shots when we lived in the Caribbean, but Jim did suffer from the Dengue virus carried by mosquitoes.

[Grumpy1]

For our World Tour Cruise, we are required to have yellow fever shots and recommended that we have Hep A, so we did both.

Grumpy

[Globaliser]

I am now curious to learn if anyone else has ever taken innoculations for cruising in the Caribbean? If so, which ones?I've been repeatedly told by my travel clinic that no vaccinations are required for cruising in the Caribbean, but that I shouldn't even be travelling as far as the office without up-to-date tetanus, typhoid, hepatitis A and polio vaccinations. That's a layer of protection that's recommended for most places in the world, so once you've got them under your belt, you can go just about anywhere without even having to think about it. Just make sure they're up to date - although that's easier now that you can get effective long-term (10 years+) hep A.