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Myths About Polio and Acute Flaccid Paralysis

Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 21, 2017 / AFP, conspiracy theories, eradication, non-polio AFP, polio, polio vaccines, vaccine myths

Acute flaccid paralysis can be caused by the polio virus, but non-polio acute flaccid paralysis becomes a more important cause once polio is eliminated in a region.

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cVDPV

Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 21, 2017 / Africa, cVDPV, eradication, Outbreaks, polio, polio vaccines, shedding, Sudan, vaccine injury, VAPP

Circulating vaccine-derived polio virus or cVDPV are outbreaks of polio that are actually caused by the polio vaccine.

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Eradicated Diseases

Vincent Iannelli, MD / September 26, 2016 / contagious, disease control, elimination, endemic, eradicated diseases, eradication, History of Vaccines, hygiene, immunizations, polio, rinderpest, sanitation, smallpox, smallpox vaccine scar, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vaccines work well and have helped control, eliminate, and in the case of smallpox, eradicate diseases.

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