"Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A live vaccine containing attenuated poliovirus, types I, II, and III, grown in monkey kidney cell tissue culture, used for routine immunization of children against polio. This vaccine induces long-lasting intestinal and humoral immunity. Killed vaccine induces only humoral immunity. Oral poliovirus vaccine should not be administered to immunocompromised individuals or their household contacts. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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D011055
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.894.899.623.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
- Oral Poliovirus Vaccine
- Vaccine, Oral Poliovirus
- Sabin Vaccine
- Vaccine, Sabin
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral" by people in Profiles.
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Fish EN, Flanagan KL, Furman D, Klein SL, Kollmann TR, Jeppesen DL, Levy O, Marchant A, Namachivayam S, Netea MG, Plebanski M, Rowland-Jones SL, Selin LK, Shann F, Whittle HC. Changing oral vaccine to inactivated polio vaccine might increase mortality. Lancet. 2016 Mar 12; 387(10023):1054-1055.
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Lakhiani CN, Vivier PM, Alario AJ, Simon P, Diana BJ, Peter G. Analysis of the transition from oral polio vaccine to inactivated polio vaccine for primary immunization in a hospital-based primary care practice. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000 Jun; 19(6):575-6.