Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Pakistan, 2014–2017

Pakistan began using inactivated poliovirus vaccine alongside oral vaccine in mass campaigns to accelerate eradication of wild-type poliovirus in 2014. Using case-based and environmental surveillance data for January 2014–October 2017, we found that these campaigns reduced wild-type poliovirus detec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Grassly, Nicholas C., Wadood, Mufti Zubair, Safdar, Rana M., Mahamud, Abdirahman Sheikh, Sutter, Roland W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30252646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.180050
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Sumario:Pakistan began using inactivated poliovirus vaccine alongside oral vaccine in mass campaigns to accelerate eradication of wild-type poliovirus in 2014. Using case-based and environmental surveillance data for January 2014–October 2017, we found that these campaigns reduced wild-type poliovirus detection more than campaigns that used only oral vaccine.

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