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Evolution of type 2 vaccine derived poliovirus lineages. Evidence for codon-specific positive selection at three distinct locations on capsid wall. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Partial sequences of 110 type 2 poliovirus strains isolated from sewage in Slovakia in 2003-2005, and most probably originating from a single dose of oral poliovirus vaccine, were subjected to a detailed genetic analysis.
Tapani Hovi, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Teemu Smura, Soile Blomqvist, Haider Al-Hello, Merja Roivainen   +5 more
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Comparison of Inactivated and Oral Poliovirus Vaccines

Güncel Pediatri, 2013
Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the rates of systemic and fever reactions of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) at 2, 4, 6 and 18 months of age. Materials and Methods: The study population was made up of 1634 infants at 2, 4, 6, and 18 months of age who had received IPV and OPV vaccines between ...
Huseyin Anil Korkmaz, Belgin Ünal, Adem Aydin   +2 more
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The Pathology of Poliomyelitis and the Vaccines and Nonvaccine Therapy [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Poliomyelitis is an exclusively human disease that mainly affects children. Clinical features of poliomyelitis can be varied, from mild illness to the most severe paralysis, and the factor why poliomyelitis has different performances in individuals has ...
Chen Yushuo, Yue Tianrui, Zhang Zixiao
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Estimated Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Nigeria and Pakistan, January 2014–April 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
In 2014, inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) campaigns were implemented in Nigeria and Pakistan after clinical trials showed that IPV boosts intestinal immunity in children previously given oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). We estimated the effect of these
George Shirreff, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Rui Gama Vaz, Roland W. Sutter, Nicholas C. Grassly   +4 more
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Long-Term Immunogenicity of Inactivated and Oral Polio Vaccines: An Italian Retrospective Cohort Study

Vaccines, 2022
Oral and inactivated poliovirus (PV) vaccines have contributed toward the global eradication of wild PV2 and PV3, as well as the elimination of PV1 in most countries.
Angela Maria Vittoria Larocca, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Anna Bozzi, Silvio Tafuri, Pasquale Stefanizzi, Cinzia Annatea Germinario   +5 more
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A RT-PCR method for selective amplification and phenotypic characterization of all three serotypes of Sabin-related polioviruses from viral mixtures

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Outbreaks caused by vaccine-derived polioviruses are challenging the final eradication of paralytic poliomyelitis. Therefore, the surveillance of the acute flaccid paralysis cases based on poliovirus isolation and characterization remains an essential ...
Eliane Veiga da Costa, Renata de Mendonça Campos, Fernando Neto Tavares, Cátia Regina Valério Grégio, Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy, Edson Elias da Silva   +5 more
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Integration of vitamin A supplementation with the expanded program on immunization does not affect seroconversion to oral poliovirus vaccine in infants. [PDF]

, 1999
Childhood immunization programs may provide infrastructure for delivering vitamin A supplements to infants in developing countries. The effect of giving vitamin A, an immune enhancer, on antibody responses to trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (TOPV) is ...
Albert Osterhaus, Arwin Akib, Beaton, Benn, Bhaskaram, Cobra, Dewi Permaesih, Expanded Programme on Immunisation Global Advisory Group, Kapsenberg, Muherdiyantiningsih, , Muhilal, , Nasrin E. G. Mohgaddam, Patriarca, Richard D. Semba, Semba, Semba, Semba, Sommer, Taffs, WHO/CHD Immunisation-Linked, World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization, Zakiuddin Munasir   +21 more
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus: a menace to the end game of polio eradication

Globalization and Health, 2020
The World Health Organisation Western Pacific Region countries were declared free of polio in 2000 until a polio outbreak involving 305 cases occurred in Indonesia in 2006.
Long Chiau Ming, Zahid Hussain, Siang Fei Yeoh, David Koh, Kah Seng Lee   +4 more
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The importance of recent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high HIV prevalence: a long-term molecular epidemiological study in Northern Malawi.

, 2005
BACKGROUND: The proportion of cases of tuberculosis due to recent infection can be estimated in long-term population-based studies using molecular techniques.
Crampin, Amelia C, Drobniewski, Francis, Fine, Paul EM, Glynn, Judith R, Mwaungulu, Frank D, Ndlovu, Richard, Ngwira, Bagrey M, Traore, Hamidou, Yates, Malcolm D   +8 more
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Multiscale model for forecasting Sabin 2 vaccine virus household and community transmission.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2021
Since the global withdrawal of Sabin 2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) from routine immunization, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has reported multiple circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks.
Michael Famulare, Wesley Wong, Rashidul Haque, James A Platts-Mills, Parimalendu Saha, Asma B Aziz, Tahmina Ahmed, Md Ohedul Islam, Md Jashim Uddin, Ananda S Bandyopadhyay, Mohammed Yunus, Khalequ Zaman, Mami Taniuchi   +12 more
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