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The Role of Adults in Poliovirus Transmission to Infants and Children

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Key Messages Adults who are immune and protected from polio nevertheless can, and do, get reinfected with wild polioviruses and become part of transmission chains. Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses are wild-like, and adults may get infected and continue transmitting them to children. As the primary source for reinfection in adults are first-time infected infants and children, additional doses of inactivated poliovirus vaccine for children will help to interrupt all transmission chains and accelerate polio eradication.

Source: Global Health Science and Practice

DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-23-00363

Authors: T. Jacob John, Dhanya Dharmapalan, Robert Steinglass, Norbert Hirschhorn

Institutions: Christian Medical College, Vellore, Apollo Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals

Language: English

Topic: Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4393399341