Rapid Disappearance of Poliovirus Type 2 (PV2) Immunity in Young Children Following Withdrawal of Oral PV2-Containing Vaccine in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Đặng Thị Thanh Huyền,
Ondrej Mach,
Nguyễn Thành Trung,
Phạm Quang Thái,
Ho Vinh Thang,
William C. Weldon,
M. Steven Oberste,
Visalakshi Jeyaseelan,
Roland W. Sutter,
Đặng Đức Anh
Publication year - 2019
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/jiz124
Subject(s) - poliovirus , seroprevalence , immunity , population , vaccination , virology , inactivated poliovirus vaccine , biology , virus , medicine , antibody , immunology , immune system , environmental health , serology
Due to global shortage of inactivated poliovirus vaccine and withdrawal of oral vaccine containing poliovirus type 2 (PV2), a PV2-containing vaccine was not used in Vietnam May 2016 to October 2018. We assessed the population immunity gap to PV2.
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