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Deployment of novel oral polio vaccine type 2 under emergency use listing in Nigeria: the rollout experience. [PDF]

Pan Afr Med J, 2023
Asekun A, Nkwogu L, Bawa S, Usman S, Edukugho A, Ocheh J, Banda R, Nganda GW, Nsubuga P, Archer R, Nebechukwu T, Mohammed A, Shuaib F, Bolu O, Adamu U.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 2004-2009

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
INTRODUCTION: The last case of wild polio virus transmission occurred in Akwa Ibom state in October 2001; however, combination high routine immunization coverage with OPV, high quality AFP surveillance, mass immunization campaign in which two doses of ...
Bassey Enya Bassey, Alex Gasasira, Pamela Mitula, Umoh Utobong Frankson, Johnson Adekunle Adeniji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polio eradication in Ghana: past, present, and future

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionGhana joined the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1996 to interrupt wild poliovirus transmission in the country. This was a collaborative effort by the Ghana Health Service (Disease Surveillance Department and the Expanded Program on ...
John Kofi Odoom, Dennis Odai Laryea, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Keren Attiku, Michael Adjabeng, Ewurabena Oduma Duker, Comfort Nuamah Antwi, Emmanuel Gberbi, Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko, Patience Lartekai Adams, Angelina Evelyn Dickson, Jessica Dufie Boakye, Jude Yayra Mensah, Christabel Odoom, Sharon Ansong Bimpong, Deborah Odame, Gayheart Deladem Agboste, Nancy Odoom, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Evangeline Obodai   +19 more
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Improvement of the qmosRT-PCR Assay and Its Application for the Detection and Quantitation of the Three Serotypes of the Novel Oral Polio Vaccine in Stool Samples. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel), 2023
Manukyan H, Tritama E, Wahid R, Anstadt J, Konz J, Chumakov K, Laassri M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Oral Polio Vaccine: Misconceptions, Challenges And The Way Forward For Nigeria

, 2014
B Maigari, Riaz Muhammad, H Habu
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Antiviral Development for the Polio Endgame: Current Progress and Future Directions

Pathogens
As the world is approaching the eradication of wild poliovirus serotype 1, the last of the three wild types, the question of how to maintain a polio-free world becomes imminent.
Hang Xie, Eric E. Rhoden, Hong-Mei Liu, Folake Ogunsemowo, Bernardo A. Mainou, Rachel M. Burke, Cara C. Burns   +6 more
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Inactivated Polio Vaccine: its proposed role in the final stages of polio eradication

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
In 2000, the island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, was the first place where the existence of circulating vaccine derived poliovirus (cVDPV) was demonstrated.
Robert Davis, Robin Biellik
doaj   +1 more source

Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis of Sewage Samples to Determine Oral Polio Vaccine Circulation Duration and Mutation After Mexican National Immunization Weeks [PDF]

, 2012
Stephanie B. Troy, L. Ferreyra-Reyes, Sergio Canizales‐Quintero, ChunHong Huang, Y.-J. Lee, Renata Báez-Saldaña, Elizabeth Ferreira-Guerrero, Lourdes García‐García, Yvonne Maldonado   +8 more
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Detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus type-3 in sewage of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Clinical Infection in Practice
Enteroviruses include polioviruses, which are classified into three types: type 1, type 2, and type 3. The oral polio vaccine (OPV), which contains attenuated strains of these three types, has been pivotal in reducing polio incidence worldwide.
Rachana Mehta, Amrendra Kushwaha, Sanjit Sah, Jack Feehan, Vasso Apostolopoulos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01E Malaria Candidate Vaccine When Integrated in the Expanded Program of Immunization [PDF]

, 2017
Background. The RTS,S/AS01E malaria candidate vaccine is being developed for immunization of African infants through the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI). Methods.
Abdulla, Salim, Adjei, George, Agnandji, Selidji T., Apanga, Stephen, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Boahen, Owusu, Carter, Terrel, Chandramohan, Daniel, Chikawe, Maria, Cohen, Joe, Demoitié, Marie-Ange, Dosoo, David, Dubois, Marie-Claude, Fernandes, Jose, Greenwood, Brian, Issifou, Saadou, Jongert, Erik, Kayan, Kingsley, Kremsner, Peter G., Kwara, Evans, Lange, Jorn, Lapierre, Didier, Leach, Amanda, Lell, Bertrand, Lievens, Marc, Lyimo, John, Minja, Rose, Mwangoka, Grace, Okissi, Blaise, Osei-Kwakye, Kingsley, Owusu, Ruth, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Paricek, Maria, Ripley Ballou, William, Savarese, Barbara, Shomari, Mwanajaa, Sillman, Marla, Soulanoudjingar, Solange S., Tanner, Marcel, Vansadia, Preeti, Vekemans, Johan, Villafana, Tonya   +41 more
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