Polio vaccine and retroviruses.

Evaluation and comparison of Hela, Hep2C and Vero cell lines sensitivity to polio vaccinal virus using micro and macro vaccine potency tests

Poliomyelitis, an acute viral infectious disease caused by poliovirus, still remains a public health problem in developing countries. Despite the global effort to eradicate polio, continuing the polio immunization with a potent and safe vaccine is essential. For accurate vaccine evaluation, three types of cell lines including Hela, Hep2C and Vero were evaluated and compared using two methods of...

Humoral Immunity in Two Groups of Children Induced by Two Supplemental Doses of Oral Polio Vaccine, and in the Umbilical Cord Blood

Stabilizing effect of magnesium chloride and sucrose on Sabin live polio vaccine

Poliomyelitis Vaccine

The Epidemiology of poliomgelitis has been investigated in our country Pasteur Institute; the incidence of Poliomgelitis, after the age of 4 years i's rare, in Iran.  Passive antibody of maternal origin do not interfere with production of active antibody after immunization.  Inactivated Polio Vaccine (salk) has been effective in reducing the incidence of poliomge­litis by approximately 90 per ...

Alarm of Circulating Wild Poliovirus and Of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Middle East Countries as a Potential Risk for Re-Emerging of Polio in Iran

     Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious viral disease which is mainly transmitted via contaminated food and drinking water by human feces, especially in situations of poor hygiene and sanitation (1). This disease is caused by 3 types of wild poliovirus (WPV) (types 1, 2 and 3), and immunity against one type does not create immunity against other types. In our country according National Immuni...