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Sabin inactivated polio vaccine upstream process development using fixed-bed bioreactor technology. [PDF]

Vaccine
Hamidi A, Willemsen M, Robert T, Drugmand JC, Ballmann MZ, Velthof P, Verdurmen H, Pinto AC, Pronk J, Palladino L, Havenga M, Yallop C, Bakker WAM.   +12 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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The impact of different IPV-OPV sequential immunization programs on hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine efficacy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
In recent years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has gradually implemented a global shift in polio immunization programs. Few studies cover polio immunization program impacts on the efficacy of other vaccines.
Shiyi Chen, Yuping Zhao, Zhiyao Yang, Ying Li, Hongyuan Shi, Ting Zhao, Xiaolei Yang, Jing Li, Guoliang Li, Jianfeng Wang, Zhifang Ying, Jingsi Yang   +11 more
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The East-West Collaboration across the Iron Curtain against Polio Epidemics: Soviet Engagement with Global Health and Poliomyelitis Vaccine Development in 1956-1964

Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2023
The eradication of polio has often been portrayed as an “American story” since the heroes who invented the first polio vaccines, the primary weapon against the disease, were American medical scientists and health administrators.
Boram Shin
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Repurposing of Polio Vaccine in Prevention of COVID-19: Thinking towards more options

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2022
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented crisis worldwide in every sector. There currently is no approved drug available against this disease. The development of a vaccine is also a complex and long process that is often completed in 10-15 years. Recently,
Awanish Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Dharmendra Pandey   +2 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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Retrospective Analysis of Six Years of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance and Polio Vaccine Coverage Reported by Italy, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Malta, and Greece

Vaccines, 2021
Here we analyzed six years of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, from 2015 to 2020, of 10 countries linked to the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory, at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy.
Stefano Fontana, Gabriele Buttinelli, Stefano Fiore, Concetta Amato, Marco Pataracchia, Majlinda Kota, Jela Aćimović, Mia Blažević, Mirsada Mulaomerović, Lubomira Nikolaeva-Glomb, Andreas Mentis, Androniki Voulgari-Kokota, Luljeta Gashi, Pranvera Kaçaniku-Gunga, Christopher Barbara, Jackie Melillo, Jelena Protic, Svetlana Filipović-Vignjevic, Patrick M. O’Connor, Alessandra D’Alberto, Riccardo Orioli, Andrea Siddu, Eugene Saxentoff, Paola Stefanelli   +23 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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Preventive Vaccination against Poliomyelitis: Modern View

Биопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2018
Poliomyelitis is a typical anthroponosis, in natural conditions it infects only humans. The only effective strategy for combating the infection is preventive vaccination. The polio vaccine induces long-lasting humoral and local immunity.
E. V. Karpova, К. А. Sarkisyan, A. A. Movsesyants, V. A. Merkulov   +3 more
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Assessing the impact of polio supplementary immunisation activities on routine immunisation and health systems: a systematic review

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction The Global Polio Eradication Initiative uses polio supplementary immunisation activities (SIAs) as a strategy to increase vaccine coverage and cease poliovirus transmission. Impact of polio SIAs on immunisation systems is frequently debated.
Martyn Kirk, Catherine King, Amy Vassallo, Kimberly Dunbar, Busayo Ajuwon, Christopher Lowbridge, Meru Sheel   +6 more
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