[CIS PIDD] Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis

[Anete S Grumach]

Dear Juan Carlos,

Brazil will introduce Salk in substitution to Sabin for the 2 first doses
(2 months/4 months old) of polio vaccine next month.

Regards

Anete


2012/7/19 Rohan Ameratunga (ADHB) <RohanA at adhb.govt.nz>


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> Hi Juan Carlos,

>

> NZ changed to IPV some years ago after a tragic case of VAPP in a mother

> of a child given the OPV.

>

> Regards

>

> Rohan Ameratunga

> Adult and paediatric immunologist

> Auckland

> New Zealand

>

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> *From:* pagid-bounces at list.clinimmsoc.org [mailto:

> pagid-bounces at list.clinimmsoc.org] *On Behalf Of *Dewton Vasconcelos

> *Sent:* Thursday, 19 July 2012 06:04

> *To:* pagid at list.clinimmsoc.org

> *Cc:* kinmunologia at yahoo.com; ecachay_ro at yahoo.es

> *Subject:* Re: [CIS PIDD] Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis

>

> Dear Juan Carlos, good afternoon

>

> Here in Brazil we give inactivated polio vaccines (Salk) for any

> hypogammaglobulinemic patient (agammas or even "CVIDs") after diagnosis.

>

> A few years ago we looked for persistence of vaccine poliovirus in our

> hypogammaglobulinemic patients, a few of these patients presented

> persistent fecal production of virus, but fortunately we didn't find any

> patient with encephalitis or paralitic disease. The main author of this

> work is Jorge Andrade Pinto, from UFMG.

>

> All the best,

>

> Dewton

>

>

> Juan Carlos Aldave Becerra wrote:

>

>  Dear Doctors,

>

> In Peru we continue giving oral polio vaccine. We have a few patients with

> vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (some of them with

> agammaglobulinemia). Do you have any information of what should be the

> posterior vaccine schedule in these patients?

>

> Thank you very much,

>

> Juan Carlos Aldave, MD

> *Allergy and Clinical Immunology*

>   *Rebagliati Martins National Hospital - Lima, Peru*

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