Question 1

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 2

what is the polio vaccine sugar cube?

Accepted Answer

Oral polio vaccine: Aka sabin vaccine.  The oral polio vaccine is no longer used in the United States.  U.S. Now exclusively uses salk inactivated (killed) polio vaccine.

Question 3

did the polio vaccine get rid of polio?

Accepted Answer

Mostly: Not completely, as there are still pockets of polio infections on earth.  However, the incidence of polio is essentially close to zero thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine.  There is no other reason for that improvement.

Question 4

can someone get the oral polio vaccine and infect others with polio ?

Accepted Answer

Polio: Yes as it is a live virus and is excreted in the stools

Question 5

what type of polio vaccine is given in the usa for prevention of poliomyelitis?

Accepted Answer

Injected/killed: The live weakened oral polio vaccine was the USA standard from the late early 60's until the early 90's. There was a low, but real risk of polio (1/1-2 million doses) with the oral vaccine that was not present with the enhanced injected vaccine. By the late 90's, the oral polio vaccine was not available to most physicians and the injected became the standard.

Question 6

why cases of polio do occur in children despite giving the oral polio vaccine(opv)?

Accepted Answer

Vaccine-related: The reason that the usa switched back to the killed polio vaccine is that, by then, there was no wild-type polio in the country but a handful of cases occurred related to the live, attenuated oral vaccine.

Question 7

if i'm positive for (ebv) should i get a polio vaccine to work as an emt? or could there be a way around that?

Accepted Answer

One polio booster: For adults, the recommendation is 1 polio booster shot for people with higher risk of exposure (the shot is not alive, compared to the oral vaccine that is a live virus). Nobody wants to catch polio, which can paralyze you for life. Ebv is very common, and many people have caught it by adulthood. Having ebv is not related to whether or not a person should get any of the usual vaccinations.

Question 8

my son is on the right schedule of polio vaccine.he has taken 4 doses ipv.there is a campaign to vaccinate oral polio for all kids.do i need to give?

Accepted Answer

No: If he has had polio vaccine he doesn't require it repeated. All the best.

Question 9

rotary pushes the polio vaccine?

Accepted Answer

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 10

why is the oral polio vaccine better than the shot?

Accepted Answer

Is it?: For the most part, there is no difference but the usa stopped using the oral vaccine because there was no polio except that caused by the oral vaccine.

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