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poliovirus vaccine

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Noun1.poliovirus vaccine - vaccine prepared from poliovirus to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
OPV, oral poliovirus vaccine, Sabin vaccine, TOPV, trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine - an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
IPV, Salk vaccine - a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
vaccine, vaccinum - immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
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To the Editor: The World Health Organization Polio Eradication Initiative has reduced to 4 the number of countries with endemic transmission of wild polioviruses and has reported the widespread circulation of polioviruses that have evolved from attenuated vaccine (oral poliovirus vaccine [OPV]), so-called vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) (1,2).
Paralysis case and contact spread of recombinant vaccine-derived ... by Avellon, Ana; Cabrerizo, Maria; de Miguel, Teresa; PerezBrena, Pilar; Tenorio, Antonio; Perez, Jose / Emerging Infectious Diseases
s vaccines, known as inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), is given to the patient via injection.
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