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Caution needed in using oral polio vaccine beyond the cold chain: Vaccine vial monitors may be unreliable at high temperatures

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Stabilized live attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV) is used to immunize children up to the age of five years to prevent poliomyelitis. It is strongly advised that the cold-chain should be maintained until the vaccine is administered. It is assumed, that vaccine vial moni...

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Autores principales: Shrivastava, Ashutosh, Gupta, Neeraj, Upadhyay, Pramod, Puliyel, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3385236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22664500