New routine childhood vaccination policies for poliomyelitis recommend a transition to increase use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine and decrease oral poliovirus vaccine over 3 to 5 years.
Should routine childhood vaccination in the United States transition to greater reliance on Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV) over Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV)?
New guidelines recommend transitioning from OPV to IPV for routine childhood polio vaccination in the United States.
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Until worldwide eradication of poliomyelitis is achieved, vaccination with poliovirus vaccines is the only means for providing population and individual immunity to polioviruses. The ACIP, AAP, and AAFP support the global poliomyelitis eradication initiative, and have recommended a transition policy that will increase use of IPV and decrease use of OPV during the next 3 to 5 years.
Prevots et al. (Sun,) reported a other. New routine childhood vaccination policies for poliomyelitis recommend a transition to increase use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine and decrease oral poliovirus vaccine over 3 to 5 years.