Article
[Inactivated poliovirus vaccines: an inevitable choice for eliminating poliomyelitis].
Zhonghua yu fang yi xue za zhi [Chinese journal of preventive medicine] - 6 Dec 2016
Vidor J D, Jean-Denis Shu
Abstract excerpt
The inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is a very old tool in the fight against poliomyelitis. Though supplanted by oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) in the 1960s and 1970s, the IPV has now become an inevitable choice because of the increasingly recognized risks associated with continuous use of OPVs. Following the pioneering work of Jonas Salk, who established key principles for the IPV, considerable experience has...
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