Vaccine
Chikungunya vaccine (inactivated)
Brand names: Vimkunya
Adult dose
Dose: Single 0.8mL IM dose
Route: IM
Frequency: once
Clinical pearls
- For travellers to or residents of chikungunya-endemic areas; consult Green Book for current schedule
Contraindications
- Severe hypersensitivity to previous dose
Side effects
- Injection site reaction
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Myalgia
Reference: BNF; UK Green Book; https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/chikungunya-vaccine-inactivated/. Verify against your local formulary and the latest BNF before prescribing.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
Pathways
- Infective Endocarditis · ESC 2023 Infective Endocarditis Guidelines; NICE NG41
- Eczema Herpeticum · BAD; NICE CKS
- Suspected Bacterial Meningitis (Adult) · NICE NG240 (2024); NICE NG143 (paeds)
- Clostridioides difficile Colitis · NICE NG199 (2021); IDSA/SHEA 2021
- Returning Traveller — Fever · NaTHNaC; PHE; ESCMID 2018
- Malaria — Diagnosis & Management · PHE 2016; WHO 2023