Assessing the Risk of Vaccine-derived Outbreaks After Reintroduction of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Postcessation Settings | Zendy

Rui Fu | Zendy; Jonathan Altamirano | Zendy; Clea Sarnquist | Zendy; Yvonne Maldonado | Zendy; Jason R. Andrews | Zendy

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Assessing the Risk of Vaccine-derived Outbreaks After Reintroduction of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Postcessation Settings

Author(s) -

Rui Fu,

Jonathan Altamirano,

Clea Sarnquist,

Yvonne Maldonado,

Jason R. Andrews

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/ciy605

Subject(s) - medicine , poliovirus , transmission (telecommunications) , poliomyelitis , outbreak , cohort , virology , poliomyelitis eradication , environmental health , vaccination , epidemiology , serotype , immunization , herd immunity , demography , immunology , virus , antibody , electrical engineering , sociology , engineering

The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 2013-2018 calls for the gradual withdrawal of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) from routine immunization. We aimed to quantify the transmission potential of Sabin strains from OPV when it is reintroduced, accidentally or deliberately, in a community vaccinated with inactivated poliovirus vaccine alone.

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