Increasing polio coverage with safer vaccines: a pressing need in Latin America

Abstract Given the actual risk of poliomyelitis outbreaks in the region due to poliovirus derived from the Sabin vaccine or the importation of wild poliovirus, the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases commissioned an ad hoc group of experts from the institution's Vaccines and Biologicals Committee, to draft an official position paper on the urgent need to increase immunization levels against the disease in the region and incorporate inactivated polio vaccine exclusive schedules in all national immunization programs. This publication discusses the main conclusions and recommendations generated as a result of such activity.

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Main Authors: Falleiros-Arlant,Luiza H., Torres,Jaime R., Ávila-Agüero,María L., Castillo,José Brea-del, Gentile,Angela, Debbag,Roberto
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Infectología 2022
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-10182022000500614
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