Polio vaccine, inactivated
A vaccine that is made from a suspension of poliovirus types that are inactivated (killed) with formalin. Abbreviated IPV. IPV is given by injection. polio vaccine, killed See polio vaccine, inactivated.
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- Polio vaccine, killed
Polio vaccine, inactivated.
- Polio vaccine, oral
A vaccine that contains live attenuated (weakened) poliovirus. Abbreviated OPV.
- Polio vaccine, Sabin
The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93).
- Polio vaccine, Salk
See polio vaccine, inactivated.
- Polio, abortive
A minor form of infection with poliovirus that accounts for 80 to 90 percent of clinically apparent cases of polio in the US, chiefly in young children. The usual symptoms’slight fever, malaise, headache, sore throat, and vomiting’emerge 3 to 5 days after exposure to the virus. Full recovery occurs in 24 to 72 hours. Abortive […]