rubella & mumps combined vaccine (Biavax II)

Indications

• simultaneous immunization against mumps & rubella
• measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) is the preferred vaccine for most children & many adults

Contraindications

• hypersensitivity to eggs or neomycin
• children < 1 year of age
• pregnancy
• immunocompromised individuals, except AIDS patients

Caution:

• women should not become pregnant within 3 months of vaccination
• avoid immune globulin or plasma for 3 months

Dosage

Children > 15 months & adults: 0.5 mL SC

Injection: 1000 TCID50 each of:

• Jeryl Lyn (B level) mumps strain grown in cell cultures of chick embryos
• live rubella vaccine (Wistar 27/3 strain)

Adverse effects

• most common (1-10%)
  • febrile seizures, fever, soreness, burning, stinging, allergic reactions

Test interactions

• temporary suppression of TB skin reactivity

Also see individual components.

More general terms

• vaccine

Additional terms

• measles, mumps & rubella combined vaccine (MMR)
• rubella virus vaccine, live (Meruvax II)