Chikungunya - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about chikungunya and the vaccine that protects against it. She also addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine. Watch the episode to find out: When and where chikungunya was first identified and how that relates to its name Where this disease is most common and how it is transmitted How most people can protect themselves without vaccination and who should consider vaccination Information about a second chikungunya vaccine and why it is no longer available in the U.S. To learn more about chikungunya and the vaccine to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-chikungunya. Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes. For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu. Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.