Sage-Tips

Should adults get polio vaccine?

Routine poliovirus vaccination of U.S. adults (i.e., persons aged >18 years) is not necessary. Most adults do not need polio vaccine because they were already vaccinated as children and their risk of exposure to polioviruses in the United States is minimal.

Can polio vaccine be given at any age?

At a Glance Oral polio vaccine (OPV) is used in other countries. CDC recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine. They should get one dose at each of the following ages: 2 months old, 4 months old, 6 through 18 months old, and 4 through 6 years old.

What is the age limit for polio vaccine?

In other words, guidelines are based on proba-bilities of risk of disease, and the risk of disease is extremely low, indeed negligible, beyond 5 years of age. Therefore, OPV is not usually recommended beyond 5 years, either as the first dose or as a reinforcing dose.

Can a 20 year old get polio?

Polio mainly affects children under the age of five years, although adults can be also susceptible to the virus at a later stage of their life if the sero protection level is not high enough.

Can polio affect adults?

In the U.S., the last case of naturally occurring polio was in 1979. Today, despite a worldwide effort to wipe out polio, poliovirus continues to affect children and adults in parts of Asia and Africa.

Is polio vaccine lifelong?

The polio vaccine provides lifelong immunity and is the only means of polio prevention. There are two types currently available: the oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). The vaccine results in humoral (circulating antibody) and mucosal (secretory immunoglobulin A) immune responses (27).

Does polio vaccine last for life?

It is not known how long people who received IPV will be immune to poliovirus, but they are most likely protected for many years after a complete series of IPV.

What age group is most affected by polio?

Polio (poliomyelitis) mainly affects children under 5 years of age. 1 in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5\% to 10\% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized.