Abstract

In light of the increased risk of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) in India the Technical Consultative Group will have to revise its estimate of the global burden of VAPP and explore the possibility of replacing oral polio vaccine (OPV) with inactivated polio vaccine in order to avoid VAPP. In scientific and ethical terms eradication must result in the total absence of poliomyelitis due to any polioviruses wild or vaccine-related. (excerpt)

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