Two Cases of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection in an Oncology Ward

  • Schubert A
  • Böttcher S
  • Eis-Hübinger A
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Abstract

The oral poliovirus vaccine strains can revert to virulent forms and establish chronic infection in persons with a weakened immune system. The authors describe such infection in two children and clearance of infection through immune recovery.

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Schubert, A., Böttcher, S., & Eis-Hübinger, A. M. (2016). Two Cases of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection in an Oncology Ward. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(13), 1296–1298. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1508104

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