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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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 2113 - 2115
Main Authors:	Grassly, Nicholas C, Wadood, Mufti Zubair, Safdar, Rana M, Mahamud, Abdirahman Sheikh, Sutter, Roland W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-11-2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Disease Eradication Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Pakistan, 2014–2017 Environmental Monitoring Geography Humans inactivated Mass Vaccination Pakistan - epidemiology poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis - epidemiology Poliomyelitis - prevention & control Poliomyelitis - virology Poliovirus - immunology poliovirus vaccine Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated - immunology Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral - immunology Public Health Research Letter Vaccines viruses Pakistan Nigeria United Kingdom viruses Pakistan poliomyelitis vaccines inactivated polio poliovirus vaccine public health disease eradication poliovirus
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2411.180050