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:

Vaccines against mucosal infections.
Holmgren J, Svennerholm AM.
Curr Opin Immunol. 2012 May 11. [Epub ahead of print
Vaccination coverage of health care personnel working in health care facilities in France: Results of a national survey, 2009.
Guthmann JP, Fonteneau L, Ciotti C, Bouvet E, Pellissier G, Lévy-Bruhl D, Abiteboul D.
Vaccine. 2012 May 10. [Epub ahead of print
Influence of oral polio vaccines on performance of the monovalent and pentavalent rotavirus vaccines.
Patel M, Steele AD, Parashar UD.
Vaccine. 2012 Apr 27;30 Suppl 1:A30-5
Timeliness of childhood vaccinations in kampala Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study.
Babirye JN, Engebretsen IM, Makumbi F, Fadnes LT, Wamani H, Tylleskar T, Nuwaha F.
PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e35432. Epub 2012 Apr 23
Tracking progress towards global polio eradication, 2010–2011.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2012 Apr 20;87(16):153-60. English, French. No abstract available.
Systematic Review of Mucosal Immunity Induced by Oral and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccines against Virus Shedding following Oral Poliovirus Challenge.
Hird TR, Grassly NC.
PLoS Pathog. 2012 Apr;8(4):e1002599. Epub 2012 Apr 19
Survey of vaccination policies in French healthcare institutions.
Bouhour D, Gavazzi G, Gaillat J, Gajdos V, Loulergue P, Paccalin M, Ploy MC, de Pontual L, Pulcini C, Rogeaux O, Sana C, Caulin E; group “Avancées Vaccinales”.
Med Mal Infect. 2012 Apr;42(4):161-6. Epub 2012 Apr 18
Combined DTP-HBV-HIB vaccine versus separately administered DTP-HBV and HIB vaccines for primary prevention of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB).
Bar-On ES, Goldberg E, Hellmann S, Leibovici L.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Apr 18;4:CD005530
The expanded programme on immunization: a lasting legacy of smallpox eradication.
Okwo-Bele JM, Cherian T.
Vaccine. 2011 Dec 30;29 Suppl 4:D74-9
Polio's last act.
Branswell H.
Sci Am. 2012 Apr;306(4):60-5. No abstract available.
Comparative seroepidemiology of pertussis, diphtheria and poliovirus antibodies in Singapore: Waning pertussis immunity in a highly immunized population and the need for adolescent booster doses.
Lai FY, Thoon KC, Ang LW, Tey SH, Heng D, Cutter JL, Phoon MC, Chow VT.
Vaccine. 2012 May 21;30(24):3566-71. Epub 2012 Apr 1
Progress towards global polio eradication – status of wild poliovirus circulation in Africa, 2011.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2012 Mar 23;87(12):109-15. English, French. No abstract available.
Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Rosen BA.
Pediatr Rev. 2012 Apr;33(4):164-70; quiz 170-1
Comparison of attitudes about polio, polio immunization, and barriers to polio eradication between primary health center physicians and private pediatricians in India.
Thacker N, Choudhury P, Gargano LM, Weiss PS, Pazol K, Bahl S, Jafari HS, Arora M, Dubey AP, Vashishtha VM, Agarwal R, Kumar A, Orenstein WA, Omer SB, Hughes JM.
Int J Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;16(6):e417-23. Epub 2012 Mar 30
Global Polio Eradication Initiative: fifth meeting of the Independent Monitoring Board.
[No authors listed]
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2012 Mar 9;87(10):81-3. English, French. No abstract available.
[Monitoring of implementation of international programs of poliomyelitis eradication and measles and rubella elimination in the Republic of Belarus].
[No authors listed]
Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2012 Jan-Feb;(1):21-30. Russian.
Ethics of vaccination programs.
Schwartz JL, Caplan AL.
Curr Opin Virol. 2011 Oct;1(4):263-7. Epub 2011 Jun 16
Vaccination coverage among medical residents in Paris, France.
Mir O, Adam J, Gaillard R, Gregory T, Veyrie N, Yordanov Y, Berveiller P, Chousterman B, Loulergue P.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 May;18(5):E137-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03788.x. Epub 2012 Mar 9
Risk of febrile seizures and epilepsy after vaccination with diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, and Haemophilus influenzae type B.
Sun Y, Christensen J, Hviid A, Li J, Vedsted P, Olsen J, Vestergaard M.
JAMA. 2012 Feb 22;307(8):823-31
A survey for neutralizing antibodies to the three types of poliovirus among children in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Baba MM, Haruna BA, Ogunmola O, Ambe JP, Shidali NN, Oderinde B, Marcello A, Talle M.
J Med Virol. 2012 Apr;84(4):691-6. doi: 10.1002/jmv.23228
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