Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019

• Main Authors: Donne Kofi Ameme (Author), Yaw Ofori Yeboah (Author), John Kofi Odoom (Author), Senanu Kwesi Djokoto (Author), Ernest Akyereko (Author), Abdulaziz Mamudu (Author), Mukaila Diwura (Author), William Opare (Author), Patrick Avevor (Author), Stanley Diamenu (Author), Sally-Ann Ohene (Author), Ernest Kenu (Author), Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The global switch from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV in April 2016 without corresponding co-administration of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) until June 2018, created a cohort of poliovirus type 2 naïve children with risk of developing vaccine-deri...