Question 1

how long will polio vaccine last ?

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Lifelong: Polio vaccine is given in a schedule at 2,4,15 and 48 months of age. After that no more polio vaccines are given. It can be expected that at time you have life long immunity(after age 18 years) and do not need to be re-vaccinated. It is recommended that adults who travel to areas where polio is prevalent get vaccinated again.

Question 2

how can the polio vaccine work?

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Stimulating immunity: The vaccine prevents spread of the poliovirus from the gastrointestinal tract to the nervous system where paralytic disease develops.

Question 3

rotary pushes the polio vaccine?

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Polio Vaccine: Rotary clubs efforts to eradicate polio from this world have been very successful as cases of polio in countries like india has almost been wiped out due to vaccination.

Question 4

where can you get a polio vaccine?

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Many places: Doctors offices, community health clinics, public health department, local pharmacies.

Question 5

how much does the polio vaccine cost?

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$26.66: According to the centers for disease control, $26.66 is the cost to the provider.  Then you have to add the cost of storage, insurance, and administration of the vaccine.

Question 6

what type of vaccine is the polio vaccine?

Accepted Answer

2 types: There are two types of polio vaccines in the world. The oral type is a live-virus vaccine, but is no longer used in the U.S. Since domestic cases of polio no longer occur (because of the success of the oral polio vaccination program). We use the "inactivated" polio vaccine, which is not alive, and is given as a shot. The shot cannot cause polio disease.

Question 7

where can you get polio vaccine for adults?

Accepted Answer

Adult polio vaccine: There is no special polio vaccine for adults.If needed you can use the same vaccine as used for children, but you have to take the whole series of the vaccine for fully vaccinated.

Question 8

how many shots are there in the polio vaccine series?

Accepted Answer

Four: The primary series for polio consists of four doses of trivalent, inactivated polio vaccine given at 2, 4, and 12-18 months followed by the fourth at 4-6 years.

Question 9

what polio vaccine do we use in the united states today?

Accepted Answer

Enhanced inactvaed: The earliest inactivated vaccine was tested in 1952 and licensed in '55.It was replaced by an oral vaccine in the early 60's until the enhanced inactivated vaccine was licensed in 1987.Today the oral vaccine is still used inn the third.

Question 10

who first created a polio vaccine? do we still need that vaccine?

Accepted Answer

Jonas Salk, and yes, we still do: The polio vaccine was created by Jonas Salk in 1953 and is made from the inactivated (dead) Polio Virus. The oral, live virus polio vaccine was created by Albert Sabin in 1957 and licensed in 1962. We still need it because the disease still remains and can spread. That's why all children are given the polio vaccine.

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