Resources and References

Resources

• Polio and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It: Fact Sheet for Parents
• Polio Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
• Travelers Health: The Yellow Book – Chapter 3 Poliomyelitis
• Birth-18 Years & “Catch-up” Immunization Schedules

Videos

Web Feature

• A Polio-Free U.S. Thanks to Vaccine Efforts
  Thanks to effective vaccine, the United States has been polio-free since 1979. But poliovirus is still a threat in some countries.
  In English and Spanish

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References

• Polio ACIP Vaccine Recommendations
• The Pink Book: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases – Chapter 18 Poliomyelitis
• Surveillance Manual – Chapter 12: Poliomyelitis
• AAP Redbook: Poliovirus Infections
• Vaccine-Derived Poliomyelitis 12 Years after Infection in Minnesota
• Vaccine Policy Changes and Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis in the United States

MMWRs

• Marin M, Patel M, Oberste S, Pallansch MA. Guidance for Assessment of Poliovirus Vaccination Status and Vaccination of Children Who Have Received Poliovirus Vaccine Outside the United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66:23–25
• Wallace G, Seward J, Pallansch M. Interim CDC Guidance for Polio Vaccination for Travel to and from Countries Affected by Wild Poliovirus. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014; 63(27);591-594.
• Trimble R, Atkins J, Quigg TC, Burns CC, Wallace GS, Thomas M, et al. Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis and BCG-osis in an immigrant child with severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome — Texas, 2013. MMWR. 2014:63(33);721-4.
• CDC. Imported vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis — United States, 2005. MMWR. 2006:55(04);97-9.

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