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Title
Asymptomatic wild-type poliovirus infection in India among children with previous oral poliovirus vaccination.
Authors
Grassly, Nicholas C; Jafari, Hamid; Bahl, Sunil; Durrani, Sunita; Wenger, Jay; Sutter, Roland W; Bruce Aylward, R
Abstract
Mucosal immunity induced by oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) is imperfect and potentially allows immunized individuals to participate in asymptomatic wild-type poliovirus transmission in settings with efficient fecal-oral transmission of infection.
Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2010, Vol 201, Issue 10, p1535