Which vaccine is effective for Mass vaccination post-disaster?
(A) Cholera (B) Typhoid (C) Measles (D) Scrub typhus
(C) Measles vaccine is effective post-disaster. Incubation period - 10-14 days IP of Vaccine Induced Measles(VIM) - 7 days, hence immunity is provided before the natural infection. The highest risk of transmission post-disaster is of diarrhoeal and respiratory diseases, which have an incubation period of a few days. ABSOLUTELY contraindicated in post-disaster phase for mass vaccination Typhoid Cholera Tetanus .