Why the study?
Do adults infected with HIV experience prolonged vaccine virus shedding after an oral poliovirus vaccine campaign?
Population
419 adults infected with HIV
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8-12 months after 2001 campaign, and 7-13 weeks after 2002…
Authors
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No prolonged shedding observed in this HIV cohort; supports minimal reintroduction risk but leaves open generalizability to larger populations.
Do adults infected with HIV experience prolonged vaccine virus shedding after an oral poliovirus vaccine campaign?
Adults infected with HIV are unlikely to experience prolonged oral poliovirus vaccine shedding, representing minimal risk for reintroducing the virus post-eradication.
Hennessey et al. (2005) studied this question.
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