Does Simultaneous Administration of Bivalent (Types 1 and 3) Oral Poliovirus Vaccine and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Induce Mucosal Cross-immunity to Poliovirus Type 2?
Author(s) -
Sonia Resik,
Alina Tejeda,
Ondrej Mach,
Magilé Fonseca,
Manuel Dı́az,
Nilda Alemañy,
Lai Heng Hung,
Yoan Alemán,
Ileana Mesa,
Gloria Garcia,
Roland W. Sutter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy604
Subject(s) - poliovirus , inactivated poliovirus vaccine , medicine , poliomyelitis , immunity , vaccination , excretion , poliomyelitis eradication , virology , enterovirus , intramuscular injection , immunology , virus , immune system
Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) alone does not induce mucosal immunity. However, it was hypothesized that administration of IPV together with bivalent (types 1+3) oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV) may stimulate mucosal cross-immunity to poliovirus type 2 (PV2).
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