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- Title
Vaccine-associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis in Immunodeficient Children, Iran, 1995-2008.
- Authors
Shahmahmoodi, Shohreh; Mamishi, Setareh; Aghamohammadi, Asghar; Aghazadeh, Nessa; Tabatabaie, Hamideh; Gooya, Mohammad Mehdi; Zahraei, Seyed Mohsen; Mousavi, Taha; Yousefi, Maryam; Farrokhi, Kobra; Mohammadpour, Masoud; Ashrafi, Mahmoud Reza; Nategh, Rakhshandeh; Parvaneh, Nima
- Abstract
To determine the prevalence of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) in immunodeficient infants, we reviewed all documented cases caused by immunodeficiency- associated vaccine-derived polioviruses in Iran from 1995 through 2008. Changing to an inactivated polio vaccine vaccination schedule and introduction of screening of neonates for immunodeficiencies could reduce the risk for VAPP infection.
- Subjects
IRAN; POLIO; IMMUNODEFICIENCY; VACCINATION complications; POLIOVIRUS; MEDICAL examinations of children; NEWBORN infants
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 7, p1133
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1607.091606