Table. Recommended vaccines for laboratory workers who routinely work with specific organisms

Bacillus anthracis

Anthrax, recommended for people with a repeated risk of exposure to, or working with large quantities or concentrations of, B. anthracis cultures. For information about anthrax vaccination, contact the Office of Health Protection in the Australian Government Department of Health.

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Diphtheria (dT or dTpa)

Coxiella burnetii (and veterinary specimens)

Q fever

Japanese encephalitis virus

Japanese encephalitis

Lyssaviruses (and bat tissue)

Rabies

Neisseria meningitidis

Meningococcal (MenACWY and MenB)

Poliovirus

Inactivated poliovirus (IPV)

Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella Typhi)

Typhoid

Vaccinia virus

Smallpox, recommended for people with a repeated risk of exposure to, or working with large quantities or concentrations of, vaccinia virus cultures. For information about smallpox vaccination, contact the Office of Health Protection in the Australian Government Department of Health.

Yellow fever virus

Yellow fever