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poliovirus vaccine
Indications:
- immunization against poliovirus
Notes:
- wild poliovirus cases have declined by >99.9%, from ~350,000 cases/year to 74 cases in 2 countries in 2015 [1]
- decline primarily via use of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine
- poliovirus vaccine inactivated may have replaced poliovirus vaccine live as the poliovirus vaccine of choice*
- since 2000, the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) has been exclusively used in the U.S.
- both the live & inactivated vaccines immunize against all three poliovirus types [1]
* it is difficult to envision that financial incentive does not play a role in this choice since the parenteral vaccine requires 4 doses & the oral form 1.
Specific
polio virus vaccine, inactivated (IPOL, IPV, Poliovax, Salk vaccine)
polio virus vaccine,live, trivalent, oral (Orimune, OPV, Sabin vaccine, TOPV)
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vaccine
References
- Marin M, Patel M, Oberste S, Pallansch MA.
Guidance for Assessment of Poliovirus Vaccination Status and
Vaccination of Children Who Have Received Poliovirus Vaccine
Outside the United States.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:23-25