Poliovirus in a sentence

After two doses of IPV (given by injection ), 90% or more of individuals develop protective antibody to all three serotypes of poliovirus, and at least 99% are immune to poliovirus following three doses.

As of August 2020, Nigeria from the white poliovirus.

It aimed to interrupt the transmission of poliovirus by vaccinating every eligible child in the locality with two doses of the oral polio vaccine.

Throughout the 1940s, researchers learned a lot about the poliovirus.

Sewage now flows between the tents used by tens of thousands of displaced people across Gaza and the presence of poliovirus "marks a new health disaster," the ministry said.

Since 1988, poliovirus cases worldwide have decreased by 99%, according to WHO.

The fresh case, a two-and-a-half-year-old child from Sindh’s Hyderabad was diagnosed as having been infected by the poliovirus.

The poliovirus type 2 case was detected on December 2 and appears to be derived from someone who may have received a vaccine.

Videos showed doctors and health workers squeezing droplets of the poliovirus vaccine into the mouths of children who were being treated at the hospital.

Mr Primrose, the acting head of country for the Department for International Development in Nigeria, said: “For Africa to be on the brink of being declared wild poliovirus free is momentous.

Nigeria, which was among the wild polio endemic countries globally, attained wild polio-free status after meeting all the criteria for certification, which included three years of non-detection of any wild poliovirus case in the country.

On Tuesday, Africa has been declared free of the last remaining strain of wild poliovirus.

Sunyani, Feb.04, GNA – The Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has heightened surveillance to check and prevent possible outbreak of poliovirus in the three regions.

The Sabin vaccine blocked the chain of transmission the Salk vaccine did not, effectively obstructing the poliovirus from entering the bloodstream.

This year, Africa was declared free of wild poliovirus, a testimony to the outstanding work of thousands of health workers and their supporters over many decades.

According to the DOH, polio is a highly contagious disease transmitted through the fecal-oral route, caused by the poliovirus and may result in life-long paralysis and even death, but is vaccine-preventable.

Still, there are incidents worldwide where a particular strain of poliovirus resurfaced even after the country was recognized as polio-free.

Of acute interest, non-polio enteroviruses reduce the antibody activation of oral poliovirus vaccines.

The IPV is an injectable vaccine intended to be given to babies who are 14 weeks old to boost their immune system and to help eliminate the risk of vaccine associated with paralytic polio and circulating vaccine derived poliovirus.

The researchers are further planning to combine the poliovirus with other approved therapies to improve survival.