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SUBMITTER: Bandyopadhyay AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725506 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bandyopadhyay Ananda S AS Asturias Edwin J EJ O'Ryan Miguel M Oberste M Steven MS Weldon William W Clemens Ralf R Rüttimann Ricardo R Modlin John F JF Gast Chris C
Vaccine 20171114 52
<h4>Background</h4>Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is now the only source of routine type 2 protection. The relationship, if any, between vaccine-induced type 2 humoral and intestinal immunity is poorly understood.<h4>Methods</h4>Two clinical trials in five Latin American countries of mixed or sequential bOPV-IPV schedules in 1640 infants provided data on serum neutralizing antibodies (NAb) and intestinal immunity, assessed as viral shedding following oral mOPV2 challenge. Analyses with generali ...[more]