Prolonged Excretion of Poliovirus among Individuals with Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder: An Analysis of the World Health Organization Registry [PDF]
Individuals with primary immunodeficiency disorder may excrete poliovirus for extended periods and will constitute the only remaining reservoir of virus after eradication and withdrawal of oral poliovirus vaccine.
Grace Macklin +31 more
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Background: The polio eradication endgame continues to increase in complexity. With polio cases caused by wild poliovirus type 1 and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses of all three types (1, 2 and 3) reported in 2022, the number, formulation, and ...
Steven GF Wassilak +6 more
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Poliovirus shedding after sequential immunization of Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccines and oral attenuated polio vaccines [PDF]
The identification of poliovirus in stool samples post-Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV) immunization is essential for implementing post-eradication monitoring of poliomyelitis.
Yuting Fu +48 more
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Background: The type 2 component of the oral poliovirus vaccine is targeted for global withdrawal through a switch from the trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV) to a bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV). The switch is intended to prevent paralytic
Jingjun Qiu +12 more
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Background Our understanding of the acquisition of intestinal mucosal immunity and the control of poliovirus replication and transmission in later life is still emerging.Methods As part of a 2011 randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of ...
Elizabeth B Brickley +13 more
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Advances and challenges in poliomyelitis vaccines: a comprehensive review of development, production, and global deployment [PDF]
Poliomyelitis has been a significant global health challenge for centuries. Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, remarkable progress has been achieved, with wild poliovirus (WPV) cases reduced by over 99%.
Jia Liang, Qi Zhang, Yanan Li, Lili Wang
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Excretion and clearance of Sabin-like type 3 poliovirus in a child diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency [PDF]
Children with primary immunodeficiency disorder (PID) are at higher risk of developing vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) or vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV) infection when inadvertently expose to poliovirus vaccine, oral (OPV). A pilot
Ning Yao +12 more
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Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Global withdrawal of serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) took place in April 2016. This marked a milestone in global polio eradication and was a public health intervention of unprecedented scale, affecting 155 countries.
Blake, Isobel M +9 more
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Introduction Detection of poliovirus transmission and ongoing oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) use continue to delay poliomyelitis eradication. In 2016, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) coordinated global cessation of type 2 OPV (OPV2) for ...
K. Thompson +2 more
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Poliomyelitis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, challenges and recommendations
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 +7 more
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