Poliovirus Excretion in Children with Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders, India

Poliovirus Excretion in Children with Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders, India

Prolonged excretion of poliovirus can occur in immunodeficient patients who receive oral polio vaccine, which may lead to propagation of highly divergent vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs), posing a concern for global polio eradication. This study aimed to estimate the proportion of primary immuno...

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Main Authors: Madhu Chhanda Mohanty, Manisha Rajan Madkaikar, Mukesh Desai, Prasad Taur, Uma Prajwal Nalavade, Deepa Kailash Sharma, Maya Gupta, Aparna Dalvi, Snehal Shabrish, Manasi Kulkarni, Jahnavi Aluri, Jagadish Mohanrao Deshpande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
enterovirus
poliovirus
primary immunodeficiency disorder
oral polio vaccine
OPV
vaccine-derived polioviruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-0724_article

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