By Marie Rosenthal
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend two vaccines for people who travel or live abroad to areas with endemic disease.
The first set of recommendations concern a rare disease transmitted by ticks, tickborne encephalitis (TBE). The ACIP voted to recommend TBE vaccine (TicoVac, Pfizer) for people 12 months of age and older, who may be exposed to the virus by being in TBE-endemic areas or who could be exposed through laboratory work, regardless