AAP considers three polio immunization schedules eqally acceptable alternatives

Abstract

Three distinct polio vaccine schedules constitute equally acceptable immunization methods, AAP leaders are asserting on the eve of federal officials implementing a new recommendation for protecting children against the disease. The Academy9s announcement follows the recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approval of a recommendation for a sequential polio immunization schedule using inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) for a child9s first two doses, followed by two additional doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV).