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Does IPV Boost Intestinal Immunity among Children under Five Years of Age? An Experience from Pakistan

Vaccines, 2023
The oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) has been the mainstay of polio eradication, especially in low-income countries, and its use has eliminated wild poliovirus type 2.
Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Imtiaz Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Zamir Hussain, Rehman Tahir, Saeed Anwar, Simon Cousens, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta   +8 more
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Poliovirus [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2011
This Policy Statement was retired January 2015. Despite marked progress in global polio eradication, the threat of polio importation into the United States remains; therefore, all children should be protected against the disease. The standard schedule for poliovirus immunization remains 4 doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine at 2, 4 ...
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Enterovirus species C Isolates by High-throughput Sequencing: Development of Generic Primers

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Enteroviruses are among the most common viruses infecting humans and can cause diverse clinical syndromes ranging from minor febrile illness to severe and potentially fatal diseases.
Maël Bessaud, Maël Bessaud, Maël Bessaud, Serge Sadeuh-Mba, Marie-Line Joffret, Marie-Line Joffret, Marie-Line Joffret, Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Patsy Polston, Patsy Polston, Romain Volle, Romain Volle, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Bruno Blondel, Bruno Blondel, Richard Njouom, Francis Delpeyroux, Francis Delpeyroux, Francis Delpeyroux   +18 more
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The effect of maternal poliovirus antibodies on the immune responses of infants to poliovirus vaccines

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Maternal poliovirus antibodies could provide passive immunity to the newborns from poliovirus infection during their first few months of life, but they may impair the immune responses of infants to the poliovirus vaccine as well. In our study,
Siyue Jia, Rong Tang, Guifan Li, Yuemei Hu, Qi Liang   +4 more
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Poliovirus biology [PDF]

Structure, 1996
Poliomyelitis has been largely controlled by the use of attenuated live vaccine strains. The molecular basis of attenuation is beginning to be understood, but the interactions between the virus and its human host remain mysterious.
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Update on Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative

Journal of Shalamar Medical & Dental College, 2022
The global polio eradication initiative (GPEI) was established in 1988 as a result of the declaration of commitment by the World Health Assembly. In Pakistan, National Emergency Action Plan [NEAP] coined the strategies under government directives to ...
Maryam Riaz Tarar
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Effects of maternal antibodies in infants on the immunogenicity and safety of inactivated polio vaccine in infants

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
The presence of maternal poliovirus antibodies may interfere with the immune response to inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), and its influence on the safety of vaccination is not yet understood.
Shuyu Gao, Mingwei Wei, Kai Chu, Jingxin Li, Fengcai Zhu   +4 more
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Postabsorption neutralization of poliovirus [PDF]

Journal of Virology, 1993
Nineteen neutralizing murine monoclonal antibodies against poliovirus type 1, including representatives reacting with each of the antigenic sites on the virion, were tested for their abilities to neutralize the virus either before or after attachment to susceptible cells.
Vrijsen, Raphael, Mosser, A., Boeye, Albert   +2 more
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Emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 after using monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine in an outbreak response, Philippines

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2022
Objective: In response to an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) type 2 in the Philippines in 2019–2020, several rounds of supplementary immunization activities using the monovalent type 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) were ...
SweetC B Alipon, Yoshihiro Takashima, Tigran Avagyan, Varja Grabovac, Syeda Kanwal Aslam, Benjamin Bayutas, Josephine Logronio, Xiaojun Wang, Achyut Shrestha, Sukadeo Neupane, Maria Concepcion Roces, Lea Necitas Apostol, Nemia Sucaldito   +12 more
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Poliovirus as an antigen [PDF]

Epidemiology and Infection, 1957
Calculations have been carried out which indicate that poliovirus vaccine contains sufficient antigen to account for the observed antibody response.
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