Key result
Primary polio vaccination is missed by ~38% of children aged 1 to 4 years.
Why the study?
A significant proportion of 1- to 4-year-old children have not received primary vaccination against poliomyelitis, risking loss of poliomyelitis freedom.
Emphasizes the importance of primary vaccination against poliomyelitis in children to maintain freedom from the disease.
Gaps in early childhood polio immunization may heighten outbreak vulnerability; leaves open effective strategies for improving primary series uptake.
Recent data have indicated that 38% of 1- to 4-year-old children have not had primary vaccination against poliomyelitis. To ensure continuing freedom from poliomyelitis, all children should be immunized, beginning in infancy. The primary poliovirus vaccines in use today are the trivalent oral polio vaccine, which is the vaccine of choice for primary vaccination of children in the United States, and inactivated polio vaccine. Prospective vaccinees should be made aware of the reasons why recommendations are made for specific vaccines at particular ages and under certain circumstances.
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A 1978 study conducted a review in Poliomyelitis. Poliovirus vaccines was evaluated. Primary vaccination against poliomyelitis has not been received by 38% of 1- to 4-year-old children, underscoring the need for continued immunization beginning in infancy.
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