One Shot.
A Whole Monsoon Season, Covered.
Typhoid spreads through contaminated food and water — a real, common risk in Indian cities, especially during monsoon. The modern TCV vaccine is a single dose, from 6 months of age.
A Fever That Doesn't Just Pass
Typhoid is caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria, spread through contaminated food and water — the same fecal-oral route as Hepatitis A. It causes a prolonged, often rising fever, along with weakness, abdominal pain, and sometimes a distinctive rash.
Left untreated, it can lead to serious complications, including intestinal perforation. It's common in India, and risk climbs further during monsoon season when water contamination is more widespread.
The Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) has replaced older typhoid vaccines because it works from a younger age, needs just one dose, and gives longer-lasting protection.
Spreads via contaminated food & water
Same fecal-oral route as Hepatitis A — a real, ordinary city risk
A fever that keeps climbing
Prolonged high fever, weakness, abdominal pain — not a quick 2-day flu
Just one dose
The modern TCV vaccine needs a single shot, not a multi-dose series
From 6 months of age
Younger eligibility than older typhoid vaccines, covering a high-risk period earlier
Who Should Get the Typhoid Vaccine
Children from 6 months of age
TCV's younger eligibility means protection can start earlier than older typhoid vaccines allowed.
Families eating out regularly
Street food and restaurant meals are ordinary, common exposure points in Indian cities.
Households before monsoon season
Contamination risk climbs with flooding and waterlogging — timing the dose ahead helps.
Domestic & international travelers
A standard travel-medicine recommendation, often alongside Hepatitis A vaccination.
Anyone in a high-density living area
Shared water sources and closer contact raise practical exposure risk.
Unvaccinated adults
One dose is all it takes to catch up, at any age.
“Typhoid is one of those infections parents underestimate because it starts like an ordinary fever. By the time it's clearly not ordinary, the child has already been quite sick for days. A single dose, well ahead of monsoon, is a genuinely easy call.”
— Dr. Gagan M.S. Malhotra, Founder & Senior Paediatrician
IAP EB Member · IAP Vaccinology Certified · 23 years in practice
Common Questions
How many doses of the typhoid vaccine are needed?
Just one — the modern Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) is a single-dose vaccine, and protection lasts significantly longer than the older polysaccharide typhoid vaccines it has largely replaced.
At what age can typhoid vaccination start?
TCV is approved from 6 months of age, which is unusually young for a typhoid vaccine and part of why it's now the WHO-preferred option — earlier protection during a genuinely high-risk period.
Why does typhoid risk go up during monsoon?
Typhoid spreads through contaminated food and water, and monsoon flooding/waterlogging significantly raises contamination risk across Indian cities — one of the reasons this is a seasonally relevant vaccine here.
How is typhoid different from a normal fever?
Typhoid causes a prolonged high fever (often rising day by day), along with weakness, abdominal pain, and sometimes a rash — and if untreated, it can lead to serious complications like intestinal perforation. It needs proper diagnosis and treatment, not just fever management.
Which brand do you use?
We stock Typbar TCV and Typhi Bev, both modern Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines with strong, longer-lasting protection.
Also worth pairing with your travel/monsoon protection? See our Hepatitis A vaccine page.
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