infectious diseases
Poliomyelitis Vaccine
Preparations of Poliomyelitis Vaccine
Inactivated poliovirus vaccine(poliovirus vaccine, inactivated, IPV) contains a mixture of formalin-inactivated poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3. IPV may contain trace amounts ofstreptomycin,neomycin, andpolymyxin B. Thelive-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccineis no longer available in the United States because it can mutate to a strain that causes polio in about 1 of every 2.4 million people who are given the vaccine. Inactivated polio vaccine is the only polio vaccine that has been given in the United States since 2000. The following combination vaccines are also available: Diphtheria toxoid/inactivated poliovirus vaccine Diphtheria toxoid/hepatitis B vaccine/inactivated poliovirus vaccine Diphtheria toxoid/Haemophilusinfluenzae type B conjugate vaccine/inactivated poliovirus vaccine Diphtheria toxoid/Haemophilusinfluenzae type B conjugate vaccine/hepatitis B vaccine/inactivated poliovirus vaccine 