Antibody response following administration of oral poliomyelitis vaccine produced in Viet Nam
- Author:
Thanh Thi Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine
- MeSH:
vaccines;
Pharmaceutical Preparations;
Poliomyelitis
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
1998;8(2):29-33
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The aim of this study is to examine the antibody response in children who have been given oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV) produced by POLIOVAC Ha Noi. The study included 105 children under five years of age (32 in Ha Noi and 73 in Thanh Hoa). In Ha Noi children, the antibody response to each type and to all the three-poliovirus types was 100%. In Thanh Hoa children, the antibody response is poliovirus type 1 was 95.9%, to type 2: 93.1% to type 3: 93.1% and to all the 3 type 91.8%. Very high geometric mean titers against poliovirus type 1, 2 and 3 were evidenced
