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Does the introduction of a live virus vaccine (virulent polio strain) kindle a severe epidemic in a susceptible population?
Does the introduction of a live virus vaccine (virulent polio strain) kindle a severe epidemic in a susceptible population?
The introduction of a highly virulent strain of poliomyelitis via live virus vaccine is not enough to kindle a severe epidemic in a susceptible population.
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Live polio vaccine introduction alone does not trigger epidemics; leaves open multifactorial drivers of outbreaks.
A 1955 study demonstrates that the mere introduction of a highly virulent strain of poliomyelitis into a susceptible population is not enough to kindle a severe epidemic.
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Eklund et al. (1958) studied this question.
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