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  1. Why does the oral polio vaccine have to be administered in four doses and not just one? Can there be one dose ?

    The polio vaccine is no longer given orally in the US but intramuscularly...or transmitting it). IT is now part of the Pediarix vaccine which combines the DPT(Diptheria, Pertussis and...

    3 Answers · Health · 04/09/2006

  2. As an infant receives her first dose of oral polio vaccine , the nurse explains to her parents that the vaccine ?

    ... opv is a live virus attenuated vaccine . As such, it can and has been ... opv is the cause of the only cases of polio in the US between 1979 and 1999. The OPV...

    1 Answers · Health · 31/03/2012

  3. Why cases of polio do occur in children despite giving them age-matched doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)?

    The oral polio vaccine can occasionally revert to an infectious viral form, though this is very uncommon (about...originally used because it is better at stopping early spread of polio , but in most civilized countries this is not really a concern...

    7 Answers · Health · 28/09/2006

  4. As an infant receives her first dose of oral polio vaccine , the nurse explains to her parents that the vaccine ?

    Active immunity. Since it is a vaccine , the baby will develop her own immunity to the weakened virus.

    2 Answers · Pregnancy & Parenting · 03/04/2012

  5. When an infant gets the first dose of a polio vaccine (the oral dose ) how long is the virus active?

    The OPV most certainly does cause polio since the vaccine has a live virus. The OPV is NOT ...

    3 Answers · Health · 18/07/2011

  6. I read you need FOUR doses of the polio vaccine to be immune...if I only got three for my OPV is that good enough?

    ...travel to a country that has a higher risk of polio , talk to your doctor and get the necessary shots...immunity". That's why ignorant people who reject vaccines are such a problem to their communities...

    3 Answers · Health · 10/01/2018

  7. Which polio vaccine do we use in the United States today?

    ... in the United States. Oral polio vaccine (OPV) has not been ... children. Children get 4 doses of IPV, at these ages: 2 ...

    1 Answers · Health · 19/01/2011

  8. Why do people refuse the polio vaccine ?

    ... countries, they still give the oral live virus polio vaccine , which is no longer given... children getting so many doses . In India and Brazil, and...

    4 Answers · Health · 02/06/2010

  9. Oral Polio Vaccine ...what if the child vomitted right after u gave 2 drops of OPV?

    ... a child vomits within two hours of taking Sabin oral vaccine , the dose should be repeated. As in all cases when more detailed...

    1 Answers · Health · 28/09/2007

  10. Polio Vaccine Sugar Cube used later than '90s?

    ...any remaining oral polio vaccine on their shelves, so the last oral polio vaccine dose given in the United States was probably a few ...

    1 Answers · Health · 26/12/2009

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