Cross-sectional Serologic Assessment of Immunity to Poliovirus Infection in High-Risk Areas of Northern India
Author(s) -
Sunil Bahl,
Concepción F. Estívariz,
Roland W. Sutter,
Bidyut K. Sarkar,
Harish Verma,
Vibhor Jain,
Ashutosh Agrawal,
Mandeep Rathee,
Hemant Shukla,
S. K. Pathyarch,
Raman Sethi,
Kathleen Wannemuehler,
Hamid Jafari,
Jagadish M. Deshpande
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.1093/infdis/jit492
Subject(s) - poliovirus , seroprevalence , medicine , serology , immunity , vaccination , population , herd immunity , inactivated poliovirus vaccine , poliomyelitis , antibody , immunology , virology , immune system , environmental health , virus
The objectives of this survey were to assess the seroprevalence of antibodies to poliovirus types 1 and 3 and the impact of bivalent (types 1 and 3) oral poliovirus vaccine (bOPV) use in immunization campaigns in northern India.
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