Comparison of IPV to tOPV week 39 boost of primary OPV vaccination in Indian infants: an open labelled randomized controlled trial

Background: The final endgame strategy of global polio eradication initiative includes switching from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines (tOPV) to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), and introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV). This study compares IPV with tOPV week 39 boost in Indian i...

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Main Authors: Suman Kanungo, Deok Ryun Kim, Bisakha Haldar, Cynthia Snider, Uma Nalavade, Soon Ae Kim, Ju Yeon Park, Anuradha Sinha, Aiyel Haque Mallick, Byomkesh Manna, Dipika Sur, Ranjan Kumar Nandy, Jagadish M. Deshpande, Cecil Czerkinsky, Thomas F Wierzba, William A Petri Jr., Mohammad Ali, Ayan Dey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016321077