Population immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis leading up to the global withdrawal of the oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal modelling of surveillance data

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Submitted by susan on Thu, 2016-10-06 11:38

Global withdrawal of serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV2) took place in April 2016. This marked a milestone in global polio eradication and was a public health intervention of unprecedented scale, affecting 155 countries. Achieving high levels of serotype-2 population immunity before OPV2 withdrawal was critical to avoid subsequent outbreaks of serotype-2 vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPV2s).

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Name of the Journal: 
PLoS Medicine
Main Topic: 
Health
thesaurus: 
Polio
Nigeria
Pakistan
Child Health
Immunisation
Vaccination
WHO
Health Policy
Attachment(s): 
serotype-2 oral poliovirus vaccine.PDF
Author: 
Margarita Pons-Salort
Natalie A. Molodecky
Kathleen M. O’Reilly & et al
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Publication Date: 
04/10/2016