With reference to the article by King, 1 the population in Ontario cannot be considered to be
fully immune to poliomyelitis when one considers the immune status of people 60 years of …

Paralytic poliomyelitis reappeared in Houston in 1968 after a five-year period during which
the city was free from the disease. Results of serological study indicate that in 1968 a large …

The article discusses the 1977 recommendations of the Public Health Service Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices for poliomyelitis prevention. In the United States, the …

There are epidemiological as well as legal risks to polio im munization. The physician
should compare the risks of vacci nation with the risks which attend nonvaccination. Another …

The primary reason that live poliovirus vaccine is recommended in the United States today is
because it may immunize contacts who have not otherwise chosen to be vaccinated. This …

In Bombay, the immunization coverage with 3 doses of oral polio vaccine in children below 2
years of age has reached 80%. As a result, the high incidence of over 11/100,000 …

ABSTRACT A survey of the immunization status and serological immunity to poliomyelitis
was carried out in 5 parishes in Jamaica in 1985. A sample of 2,506 children and …

From September 17 through October 9, 1992, five cases of poliomyelitis were reported in the
Netherlands among members of religious groups that generally do not accept vaccination …

DR. PAGANO (presenting the paper): The incidence of poliomyelitis increased in
Philadelphia in 1958; half the cases occurred in children less than five years old who lived in …

The introduction and widespread use of the inactivated and live poliovirus vaccines in the
United States have brought about a dramatic reduction in the incidence of poliomyelitis …