Is vaccination required to visit Bangkok?
 

Hi,
We aren't planning to eat streetside food vendors, and are planning to be very careful with what we eat. Would you still recommend vaccination? If so, what types?

Again....forever grateful to all the advice.

I've never taken them for Bangkok. Ask your medical group. The medical group I'm with in Calif, has a whole travel clinic division where you just tell them where you are traveling to, in the world, and they will send out a computer printout of what you need and what is recommended. Check to see if your medical group has the same or ask a friend with a medical group with a travel clinic division to check it out for you. Happy Travels!

I've also never taken them for my trips to Thailand.

We will be in BKK and also southern islands (phuket, krabi, phi phi) and I went to a travel clinic within my medical group. While there was nothing that was mandatory, they highly recomended three vacinations...espcially because we were going to tsunami affected areas.
We got Hep. A (new vaccination within the last five years that is good for life), tetnius, and oral dosage for Typhoid.
It was covererd by my heath insurance 100% so we did it to be safe. Our friends who are tarevling with us, got shots, but their medical plan did not cover them. It cost them $430 for two people.

read the cdc website: www.cdc.gov/travel

No vaccinations are required, but those listed by travelmom are all recommended. There are Hep A outbreaks even in the US - you should probably have this vaccination to stay at home! Tetanus/diptheria is another you should have even if you are staying home. Indeed, most health insurance plans have as a quality of care indicator whether you are given your diptheria/tetanus booster on time (every 10 years). Typhoid is also a food and water borne illness and there are antibiotic-resistant strains in SE Asia. Again, it is wise to get this vaccine.

Travel clincs in the US and many other countries use the cdc website to advise people on which vaccines to get. Do your reading, then consult with a travel medicine clinic. Most medical schools have them.