Open AccessRandomized Trial of Inactivated and Live Polio Vaccine Schedules in Guatemalan Infants
Author(s) -
Edwin J. Asturias,
Erica Dueger,
Saad B. Omer,
Arturo Melville,
Silvia Nates,
Majid Laassri,
Konstantin Chumakov,
Neal A. Halsey
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/520546
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , randomized controlled trial , medicine , virology , pediatrics , poliovirus , polio vaccine , poliomyelitis eradication , biology , virus
The immunogenicity of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in developing countries is not well documented. This study compared the immune response to IPV with that to oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) in Guatemalan infants.
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