Key result
Oral polio vaccine triggers severe flaccid paralysis in an immunocompetent child despite prior IPV.
Why the study?
Severe flaccid paralysis consistent with polio can occur after oral polio vaccine even in immunocompetent children previously vaccinated with inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights a rare case of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis following oral polio vaccine in a child previously immunized with inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
The present article reports a case involving an immunocompetent, previously well child who, despite two previous doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine, developed severe flaccid paralysis consistent with polio after receiving oral polio vaccine. Le présent article rend compte du cas d’un enfant immunocompétent auparavant en santé qui, malgré deux doses antérieures de vaccin inactivé contre le poliovirus, a contracté une grave paralysie flasque qui cadrait avec la polio après s’être fait administrer le vaccin antipolio-myélitique oral.
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Desai et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (n=1). Oral polio vaccine was evaluated on Severe flaccid paralysis consistent with polio. An immunocompetent child developed severe flaccid paralysis consistent with polio after receiving the oral polio vaccine, despite two prior doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine.
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