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Does polio not have animal reservoirs?
by tootie 5y ago
Does polio not have animal reservoirs?
- fastaguy88 5y agoNo. If it could be eliminated from humans, it would be gone. Like smallpox.
- cdtwigg 5y agoThe oral polio vaccine is a live vaccine and occasionally reverts to an actually infectious strain. This isn’t a major concern in countries where people are widely vaccinated but would be an issue if we considered it eliminated and stopped vaccinating segments of the population. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine
- gus_massa 5y agoAfter some years without cases and if the country has a high vaccination rate, then the recommendation is to switch to use only the injectable vaccine. More details in the section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine#Schedule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine#Schedule
- Fomite 5y agoNo. It and measles are currently our two best targets for genuine eradication.
- manholio 5y agorecently it has found a way to spread to dogs, in Chad I believe.
- manholio 5y agoSorry, misremembered it, it was the Guineea worm.