Vaccine-Associated Poliomyelitis in a Contact
Abstract
TODAY poliomyelitis in the United States results either from rare epidemics in unvaccinated, closed populations or from complications of the trivalent oral polio vaccine.
The clinical features in an unimmunized patient, the history of contact to trivalent oral polio vaccine, and the serologic and virologic data document this case as vaccine-associated poliomyelitis in a contact.
Report of a Case
A 30-year-old married, New England farmer was in excellent health until two days prior to...