Poliomyelitis

Indications: The poliomyelitis vaccine provides immunity against polio.

Vaccination: This vaccine is given by mouth or as injection. This depends on the previous vaccination. Travellers to high-risk areas should also be given the vaccine if not previously immunised.

Protection: Vaccination including oral vaccination gives protection for a lifetime.

Side effects include:

• Redness around injection site
• Hardening of skin around injection site
• Weakness
  

Polio Vaccination Resource:

Vaccine coverage of healthcare students in hospitals of the Paris region in 2009: The Studyvax Survey.
Loulergue P, Fonteneau L, Armengaud JB, Momcilovic S, Levy-Brühl D, Launay O, Guthmann JP; For the Studyvax survey group.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 24. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00423-4. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.004. [Epub ahead of print
Inflammatory, vascular, and infectious myelopathies in children.
Verhey LH, Banwell BL.
Handb Clin Neurol. 2013;112:999-1017. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52910-7.00020-9
Civil society organizations, the implementing partners of the Global Vaccine Action Plan.
Thacker N, Vashishtha VM, Awunyo-Akaba J, Mistry RF.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 18;31 Suppl 2:B97-B102. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.12.040
Teenagers' understandings of and attitudes towards vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases: A qualitative study.
Hilton S, Patterson C, Smith E, Bedford H, Hunt K.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 18. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00462-3. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.023. [Epub ahead of print
The history of vaccination and current vaccination policies in Korea.
Cha SH.
Clin Exp Vaccine Res. 2012 Jul;1(1):3-8. doi: 10.7774/cevr.2012.1.1.3. Epub 2012 Jul 31
Age-appropriate vaccination against measles and DPT-3 in India - closing the gaps.
Awofeso N, Rammohan A, Iqbal K.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Apr 17;13(1):358. [Epub ahead of print
Successes and Shortcomings of Polio Eradication: A Transmission Modeling Analysis.
Mayer BT, Eisenberg JN, Henry CJ, Gomes MG, Ionides EL, Koopman JS.
Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 16. [Epub ahead of print
Ending polio--if at first you don't succeed...
Maurice J.
Lancet. 2013 Apr 13;381(9874):1261-2. No abstract available.
Trends and patterns of under-5 vaccination in Nigeria, 1990-2008: what manner of progress?
Ushie BA, Fayehun OA, Ugal DB.
Child Care Health Dev. 2013 Apr 9. doi: 10.1111/cch.12055. [Epub ahead of print
A Phase I, randomized, open-label study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an enterovirus 71 vaccine.
Cheng A, Fung CP, Liu CC, Lin YT, Tsai HY, Chang SC, Chou AH, Chang JY, Jiang RH, Hsieh YC, Su IJ, Chong PC, Hsieh SM.
Vaccine. 2013 Mar 27. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00299-5. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.03.015. [Epub ahead of print
Outbreak news. Poliovirus isolation, Egypt.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2013 Feb 15;88(7):74-5. English, French. No abstract available.
Outbreak news. Poliomyelitis, Niger.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2013 Feb 15;88(7):73-4. English, French. No abstract available.
World health organization regional assessments of the risks of poliovirus outbreaks.
Lowther SA, Roesel S, O'Connor P, Landaverde M, Oblapenko G, Deshevoi S, Ajay G, Buff A, Safwat H, Salla M, Tangermann R, Khetsuriani N, Martin R, Wassilak S.
Risk Anal. 2013 Apr;33(4):664-79. doi: 10.1111/risa.12032. Epub 2013 Mar 23
Human enterovirus surveillance in the Slovak Republic from 2001 to 2011.
Klement C, Kissova R, Lengyelova V, Stipalova D, Sobotova Z, Galama JM, Bopegamage S.
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Mar 18:1-5. [Epub ahead of print
Reduced Poliovirus vaccine neutralising-antibody titres in infants with maternal HIV-exposure.
Sanz-Ramos M, Manno D, Kapambwe M, Ndumba I, Musonda KG, Bates M, Chibumbya J, Siame J, Monze M, Filteau S, Gompels UA; CIGNIS study team.
Vaccine. 2013 Apr 12;31(16):2042-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.02.044. Epub 2013 Mar 6
Polio vaccination workers gunned down in Pakistan.
Riaz H, Rehman A.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;13(2):120. No abstract available.
Preeradication vaccine policy options for poliovirus infection and disease control.
Thompson KM, Pallansch MA, Duintjer Tebbens RJ, Wassilak SG, Kim JH, Cochi SL.
Risk Anal. 2013 Apr;33(4):516-43. doi: 10.1111/risa.12019. Epub 2013 Mar 5
Supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) in South Africa: comprehensive economic evaluation of an integrated child health delivery platform.
Verguet S, Jassat W, Bertram MY, Tollman SM, Murray CJ, Jamison DT, Hofman KJ.
Glob Health Action. 2013 Mar 1;6:1-9. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20056
The interactions of ethical notions and moral values of immediate stakeholders of immunisation services in two Indian states: a qualitative study.
Varghese J, Raman Kutty V, Ramanathan M.
BMJ Open. 2013 Mar 1;3(3). doi:pii: e001905. 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001905. Print 2013
Serologic vaccination response after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review.
Eckerle I, Rosenberger KD, Zwahlen M, Junghanss T.
PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56974. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056974. Epub 2013 Feb 22
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