Paralytic poliomyelitis in England and Wales 1976-7.

Lancet (London, England) ·Vol. 1 ·No. 8071 ·1978-05-06 ·Pages 976-7

Collingham KE, Pollock TM, Roebuck MO

Abstract

In 1976-7 26 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis were notified, of which 6 were vaccine-associated. 16 of the 20 non-vaccine-associated cases were due to type-u poliovirus, the type usually associated with outbreaks. The most important factor in the increase was the occurrence of poliomyelitis in unvaccinated persons.

MeSH Terms

Adult Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology England Humans Immunization Infant Paralysis/epidemiology,etiology Poliomyelitis/epidemiology,etiology,transmission Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/adverse effects,therapeutic use Space-Time Clustering Vaccines, Attenuated/adverse effects,therapeutic use Wales

Chemicals

Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral Vaccines, Attenuated

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Collingham K E

Pollock T M

Roebuck M O

Article Info

Journal

Lancet (London, England)

Abbr.

Lancet

ISSN

0140-6736

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(78)90260-x

Published

1978-05-06

Pages

976-7

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

2985213R

Subset

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