Polio (IPV/OPV)
Poliovirus Vaccine (Inactivated / Oral)
Platform: Inactivated / Oral live attenuated
Vaccine that protects against poliovirus, a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease targeted for global eradication.
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Polio vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and a weakened poliovirus given by mouth (OPV). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends all children be fully vaccinated against polio. The two vaccines have eliminated polio from most of the world, and reduced the number of cases reported each year from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to 33 in 2018.
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