Polio vac for all London children
August 10, 2022
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as posted by the channelPoliomyelitis, London, New York and Israel
All children aged 1 to 9 in London to be offered a dose of polio vaccine
Last UK case, 1984
8,000 people developed paralysis every year
Vaccine-derived poliovirus in sewage in north and east London
Genetic diversity (RNA virus)
Most are vaccine-like virus
A few have sufficient mutations to be classified as vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV2),
behaves more like naturally occurring ‘wild’ polio
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)
Targeted inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) booster dose,
offered to all children between the ages of 1 and 9 in all London boroughs
This will ensure a high level of protection from paralysis and help reduce further spread of the virus.
The programme will start with the areas affected,
where the poliovirus has been detected and vaccination rates are low
It’s important all children aged 1 to 9 – even if up to date with their vaccinations – accept this vaccine when offered
Beckton sewage treatment works first
Now also,
Barnet, Brent, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Waltham Forest
A total of 116 PV2 isolates identified in 19 sewage samples
Poliomyelitis
An acute illness
Follows invasion through the gastro intestinal tract by polio virus
Virus replicates in the gut
Has a high affinity for nervous tissue
Spread occurs via the bloodstream
Retrograde axonal transport to the central nervous system
Often infection is clinically inapparent
Symptoms may range in severity
Fever to
Headache,
Gastrointestinal disturbance,
Malaise
Stiffness of the neck and back
Aseptic meningitis
Paralysis.
Ratio of inapparent to paralytic infections
1000 to 1 in children
75 to 1 in adults
Transmission
Contact with the faeces or pharyngeal secretions
Polio virus replicates long periods in GI tract
Can be excreted for three to six weeks in faeces
Can be excreted for two weeks in saliva
Incubation period
Three to 21 days
When the infection was endemic
Paralytic disease is caused by naturally occurring ‘wild virus’
Live attenuated vaccine, (OPV – Sabin)
Virus retains the potential to revert to a virulent form,
that can rarely cause paralytic disease
Vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP)
VAPP cases can occur rarely where live attenuated vaccines are used
OPV not used in UK since 2004
(US, not since 2000)
Inactivated polio vaccine (i.m. injected) for routine immunisation
tetanus/diphtheria/inactivated polio vaccine
diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis/inactivated polio vaccine
Recommended at two, three and four months of age,
can be given at any stage from two months up to ten years of age
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