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Immunization
Reports from Tulane University, Department of Health describe recent advances in immunization
May 28th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Economics of polio vaccination in the post-eradication era: should OPV-using countries adopt IPV.' "The continued use of oral polio vaccine (OPV) poses a threat to polio virus eradication. Stopping all polio vaccination in the post-certification era is no longer considered to be a practical option," investigators in the United States report. "Policy makers agree that OPV use must stop immediately after certification. Therefore, the pragmatic alternative is for the OPV-using countries to switch to IPV. This study estimates the cost of switching to IPV, and the cost-effectiveness of this switch. Using data on the number of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-28)
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