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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
CLINICAL EFFICACY OF A NEW, ENHANCED-POTENCY, INACTIVATED POLIOVIRUS VACCINE
The Lancet, Volume 331, No. 8591, Year 1988
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Description
The 1986-87 outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in Senegal, with 676 reported cases, provided an opportunity to evaluate the efficacy of an enhanced-potency inactivated poliovirus vaccine (N-IPV) in the Kolda region, where this vaccine has been used since 1980. 89 cases, confirmed to have poliomyelitis with residual paralysis, were enrolled in a case-control study, up to 5 matched controls being obtained for each case. The clinical efficacy for one dose of N-IPV was 36% (95% confidence interval 0%, 67%) and for two doses was 89% (95% CI 62%, 97%). © 1988.
Authors & Co-Authors
Robertson, Susan E.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Hiv, Viral Hepatitis, Std, and tb Prevention
Drucker, J.
France, Paris
Association Pour la Promotion de la M and #xe9
Fabre-Teste, Bernard
Unknown Affiliation
N'Diaye, Mansour
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Traverso, Hector Pedro
United States, Atlanta
Task Force for Child Survival and Development
Rovira, Elizabeth Z.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Hiv, Viral Hepatitis, Std, and tb Prevention
Sow, Abdourhamane
Senegal, Dakar
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Aby Sy, Mame Thierno
Senegal, Dakar
Ministry of Health
Diouf, Foude
Senegal, Dakar
Ministry of Health
Statistics
Citations: 76
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91711-4
ISSN:
01406736
Study Design
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Senegal