An Unusual Case of Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis
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An unusual case of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1712-9532
DOI: 10.1155/2014/378320