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.

The WHO European Region has been declared polio-free since 2002. By 2010, inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was the only polio vaccine in use in the EU/EEA for the primary vaccination of children. A systematic review of the literature on polio seroprevalence studies, complemented by the analysis of available vaccine coverage data, has been carried out with the aim of assessing the level of protec...

In 2000 and 2001 there were 265 and 268 virologicallyconfirmed polio cases respectively, in India. In 2002 the number increased to 1,600. In response to some questions raised by the author (1), Dr Jay Wenger, project manager of the National Polio Surveillance Project of the WHO (NPSP-WHO), stated: “...the outbreak of 2002 and the problems of polio eradication were not caused by the failure of O...

BACKGROUND In 2009, enhanced poliovirus surveillance was established in polio-endemic areas of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India, to assess poliovirus infection in older individuals. METHODS In Uttar Pradesh, stool specimens from asymptomatic household and neighborhood contacts of patients with laboratory-confirmed polio were tested for polioviruses. In Bihar, in community-based surveillance, ch...

In 2012, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the completion of polio eradication a programmatic emergency. Indigenous wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission remains uninterrupted in Nigeria (in the WHO African Region [AFR]) and in Afghanistan and Pakistan (in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region [EMR]). In the WHO AFR, multiple WPV outbreaks have occurred since...

In anticipation of the successful eradication of wild polio virus, alternative vaccination strategies for public-sector markets of low-resource countries are extremely important, but are still under development. Following polio eradication, inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) would be the only polio vaccine available, and would be needed for early childhood immunization for several years, as mainte...

Polio vaccine is targeted towards preventing poliomyelitis; a condition characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord and neighboring structures resulting to paralysis of the limbs and organs and possibly becoming handicapped for life. Nigeria is one of the three countries where poliomyelitis is still endemic (WHO, 2009). As part of the immunization schedule in Nigeria towards the fight agai...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is reported as one of the most disabling symptoms and is common among persons living with late effects of polio. Although fatigue has been studied in the context of people living with late effects of polio, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the association of fatigue and variables of importance for participation in daily life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to exp...

OBJECTIVE To describe bladder symptoms among polio survivors and the inconvenience they cause. DESIGN A survey using the validated Danish Prostatic Symptom Score questionnaire concerning bladder symptoms. SUBJECTS A random age- and gender-stratified sample of polio survivors drawn from members of the Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims. METHODS Eligible subjects were sent the que...

The paper briefly describes Canada's distinctive experience in the control of polio and offers some lessons for governments and health policy leaders in other jurisdictions, particularly as they consider immunization policies for the post-polio-eradication era.