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Impact of polio vaccines (oral polio vaccine - OPV or inactivated polio vaccine - IPV) on rotavirus vaccine-associated intussusception [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Although safe, rotavirus vaccines have been associated with increased intussusception risk. In Brazil, after the oral human rotavirus vaccine (OHRV) introduction in the childhood immunization, in 2006, increased intussusception risk was identified after ...
Camila Cristina Martini Rodrigues, Eder Gatti Fernandes, Paulo Piva dos Santos, Renato Yoshio Eguti, Antonio Carlos Pedroso-de-Lima, Gisela Tunes da Silva, Ana Marli Christovam Sartori   +6 more
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Vaccination With Oral Polio Vaccine Reduces COVID-19 Incidence. [PDF]

Front Immunol, 2022
BackgroundEffective response to emerging pandemic threats is complicated by the need to develop specific vaccines and other medical products. The availability of broadly specific countermeasures that could be deployed early in the pandemic could significantly alter its course and save countless lives.
Yagovkina NV, Zheleznov LM, Subbotina KA, Tsaan AA, Kozlovskaya LI, Gordeychuk IV, Korduban AK, Ivin YY, Kovpak AA, Piniaeva AN, Shishova AA, Shustova EY, Khapchaev YK, Karganova GG, Siniugina AA, Pomaskina TV, Erovichenkov AA, Chumakov K, Ishmukhametov AA.   +18 more
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Reduced mucosal immunity to poliovirus after cessation of trivalent oral polio vaccine [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The switch from using only trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) to sequential schedules combining inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) for polio vaccination will cause changes to mucosal immunity against polio in ...
Ting Zhao, Jing Li, Hongyuan Shi, Hui Ye, Rufei Ma, Yuting Fu, Xiaochang Liu, Guoliang Li, Xiaolei Yang, Zhimei Zhao, Jingsi Yang   +10 more
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Introduction of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine and Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine/Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine Switch in the African Region. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2017
The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic plan outlines the phased removal of oral polio vaccines (OPVs), starting with type 2 poliovirus-containing vaccine and introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in routine immunization to mitigate against risk of vaccine-associated paralytic polio and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
Tevi-Benissan C, Okeibunor J, du Châtellier GM, Assefa A, Biey JN, Cheikh D, Eshetu M, Anya BP, Dao H, Nasir Y, Akanmori BD, Mihigo R.   +11 more
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Poliomyelitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, challenges and recommendations

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Poliomyelitis is the leading infectious cause of acute flaccid paralysis among children under five years of age, caused by the Wild Poliovirus, with no medical cure other than prevention through vaccination.
Olivier Uwishema, Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu, Oumnia Bouaddi, Arushi Kapoor, Samaa Akhtar, Fortune Benjamin Effiong, Adhiraj Chaudhary, Helen Onyeaka   +7 more
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War on Disease

Historia.scribere, 2023
This paper investigates how widespread acceptance of the polio vaccination was generated in the United States. It shows that FDR transformed the struggle against polio into a national endeavor and that the fear of polio contributed to the widespread ...
Jonas Zimmermann
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Impact of inactivated poliovirus vaccine on mucosal immunity: implications for the polio eradication endgame. [PDF]

, 2015
The polio eradication endgame aims to bring transmission of all polioviruses to a halt. To achieve this aim, it is essential to block viral replication in individuals via induction of a robust mucosal immune response. Although it has long been recognized
Anis E, Davis DC, Edward PK Parker, Ghendon YZ, Glezen WP, Glezen WP, Herremans MM, Herremans TM, Hovi T, Kathleen M O’Reilly, Margarita Pons-Salort, Marine WM, Natalie A Molodecky, Nicholas C Grassly, Ogra PL, Wehrle PF, WHO Collaborative Study Group on Oral and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccines   +16 more
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Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities During COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from Penampang District, Sabah, Malaysia

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021
Background: Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) were carried out in the State of Sabah in response to the Vaccine Derived Poliovirus outbreak declared in December 2019.
Sam Froze Jiee, Melvin Ebin Bondi, Muhammad Ezmeer Emiral, Anisah Jantim   +3 more
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The Pathology of Poliomyelitis and the Vaccines and Nonvaccine Therapy [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Poliomyelitis is an exclusively human disease that mainly affects children. Clinical features of poliomyelitis can be varied, from mild illness to the most severe paralysis, and the factor why poliomyelitis has different performances in individuals has ...
Chen Yushuo, Yue Tianrui, Zhang Zixiao
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Lessons from Vaccine-Related Poliovirus in Israel, UK and USA

Vaccines, 2022
Genetic variants of vaccine poliovirus type 2, imported from an unknown source, were detected in waste waters in Jerusalem, London and New York in early 2022.
T. Jacob John, Dhanya Dharmapalan
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