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Abstract
A live vaccine containing attenuated poliovirus, types I, II, and III, grown in monkey kidney cell tissue culture, used for routine immunization of children against polio. This vaccine induces long-lasting intestinal and humoral immunity. Killed vaccine induces only humoral immunity. Oral poliovirus vaccine should not be administered to immunocompromised individuals or their household contacts. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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- Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
- Sabin Vaccine
- Vaccine, Oral Poliovirus
- Vaccine, Sabin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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SABIN VACCINE is attenuated (live)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Oral Poliovirus Vaccine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011055. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011055
- Oral Poliovirus Vaccine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023374