OPV
Noun
Meaning
an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
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According to her, the country would continue to administer Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) to eligible children of 0 – 59 months to maintain the certification.
As a result, persons given the OPV can acquire acute or chronic infections; or can transmit (circulate) mutated OPV to other people.
He (Dr. Jonas) also accused Dr. Sabin’s OPV as the sole cause of all the reported adverse case of polio in the U.S.A. since 1961.
Three doses of live-attenuated OPV produce protective antibody to all three poliovirus types in more than 95% of recipients.
Subsequently, Albert Sabin developed another live, oral polio vaccine (OPV).
She mentioned the vaccines, which were in short supply, as Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), oral polio vaccine (OPV) and Tetanus Toxid (TT).