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Immunodeficiency-associated Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 3 in Infant, South Africa, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Patients with primary immunodeficiency are prone to persistently excrete Sabin-like virus after administration of live-attenuated oral polio vaccine and have an increased risk for vaccine-derived paralytic polio.
Nicksy Gumede, Vongani Muthambi, Barry D. Schoub   +2 more
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Risk Factors, For Under Immunisation In Hospitalised Preschool Children In USM Hospital [PDF]

, 2001
Immunisations have been a very effective means for prevention of diseases. However, compliance with recommended schedules of immunisation in early childhood is not always complete, thus limiting the efficacy of these vaccines.
Daud, Mariana
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Vaccines for prophylaxis of viral infections in patients with hematological malignancies. [PDF]

, 2011
Viral infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies. It remains uncertain whether viral vaccinations in these patients are supported by good evidence.
Chan, GC, Cheuk, DK, Chiang, AK, Ha, SY, Lee, TL   +4 more
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Immunogenicity evaluation of primary polio vaccination schedule with inactivated poliovirus vaccines and bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine

BMC Infectious Diseases
Abstract Background To assess the immunogenicity of the current primary polio vaccination schedule in China and compare it with alternative schedules using Sabin or Salk-strain IPV (sIPV, wIPV). Methods A cross-sectional investigation was conducted at four sites in Chongqing,
Jiawei Xu, Yang Liu, Wei Qiu, Wenwen Li, Xiaoxiao Hu, Xia Li, Qiang Fan, Wenge Tang, Yujie Wang, Qing Wang, Ning Yao   +10 more
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Human Circulating Antibody-Producing B Cell as a Predictive Measure of Mucosal Immunity to Poliovirus.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundThe "gold standard" for assessing mucosal immunity after vaccination with poliovirus vaccines consists in measuring virus excretion in stool after challenge with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV).
Ayan Dey, Natalie A Molodecky, Harish Verma, Prashant Sharma, Jae Seung Yang, Giulietta Saletti, Mohammad Ahmad, Sunil K Bahl, Thomas F Wierzba, Ranjan K Nandy, Jagadish M Deshpande, Roland W Sutter, Cecil Czerkinsky   +12 more
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Influence of Enteric Infections on Response to Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The impaired immunogenicity of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) in low-income countries has been apparent since the early field trials of this vaccine.
Grassly, NC, Kampmann, B, Kang, G, Parker, EPK   +3 more
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The Duration of Intestinal Immunity After an Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Booster Dose in Children Immunized With Oral Vaccine: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background In 2014, 2 studies showed that inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) boosts intestinal immunity in children previously immunized with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV).
J. John, S. Giri, Arun S. Karthikeyan, Dipti Lata, Shalini Jeyapaul, Anand K Rajan, Nirmal Kumar, Pavithra Dhanapal, Jayalakshmi Venkatesan, Mohanraj Mani, Janardhanan Hanusha, U. Raman, P. Moses, A. Abraham, S. Bahl, A. Bandyopadhyay, Mohammad Ahmad, N. Grassly, G. Kang   +18 more
semanticscholar   +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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Are there functional consequences of a reduction in selenium intake in UK subjects? [PDF]

, 2004
Dietary Se levels in the UK have fallen over the last 20 years and recent surveys indicate that average Se intakes are 30-40 microg/d, which is well below the current UK reference nutrient intake for adult men (75 microg/d) or women (60 microg/d ...
Anne McArdle, Beck, Bonomini, Broome, Burk, C. Anthony Hart, Caroline S. Broome, Francis McArdle, Gasparian, Ge, Malcolm J. Jackson, Olivieri, Peretz, Stephanie A. Dillon   +13 more
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Polio: Background and perspective on how international travel can be made safe against polio

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
International spread of polio continues to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern since its declaration by the World Health Organization in 2014 and its reiteration in 2024.
Dhanya Dharmapalan, Thekkekara Jacob John, Robert Steinglass, Norbert Hirschhorn   +3 more
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