A developing country perspective on vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis

A developing country perspective on vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis

When the Expanded Programme on Immunization was established and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) was introduced for developing countries to use exclusively, national leaders of public health had no opportunity to make an informed choice between OPV and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). Today, a...

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Main Author: John T. Jacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Poliovirus vaccine, Oral/adverse effects
Poliomyelitis/epidemiology
Poliomyelitis/chemically induced
Poliovirus vaccine, Inactivated/therapeutic use
Poliovirus vaccine, Inactivated/economics
Poliovirus/drug effects
Immunization programs
Developing countries
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000100011

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