Polio vaccines: WHO position paper, January 2014 - Recommendations

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 4117-4118

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Author keywords

IPV; Polio; Polio vaccination; Position paper; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; STANDARDS; VACCINATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84903438066     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.023     Document Type: Article

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3. The risk of importation and subsequent spread is determined mainly by the levelof immunization coverage, sanitation, and overall socioeconomic status.
4. Potential for importation is considered very high in countries bordering endemiccountries or countries that have recurrent outbreaks; the potential is consideredhigh if there is a history of importation plus high traffic across the border; thepotential is considered moderate in the rest of the world.
5. <15% (or <750 for infants <12 months, <500 for those 1 through 5 years and <200 for those >6 years).