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Imperial College London
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria thanks to improved vaccine, says study
October 29th, 2008
A recently introduced polio vaccine is four times more effective at protecting children than previous vaccines and has the potential to eradicate type 1 polio in Nigeria if it reaches enough children, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Nigeria is one of only four countries in the world where polio has yet to be eliminated and 82% of global cases so far this year have been in Nigeria. Polio is highly infectious and it primarily affects children under five years of age. A small minority of infected people develop permanent paralysis, which can be fatal. The monovalent oral poliovirus vaccine, known as mOPV1, has been...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-29)
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