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A re-assessment of the risk of provoking paralytic poliomyelitis by Making prophylactic inoculations against diphtheria and pertussis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Lewis B. Holt
Lewis B. Holt
Affiliation:
The Wright-Fleming Institute, St Mar's Hospital Medical School, London, W. 2
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The variables operating in respect of the risk of provoking paralytic poliomyelitis by inoculating children with different prophylactic reagents have been analysed.

It is concluded that the use of combined diphtheria fluid toxoid and pertussis vaccine, administered in early infancy, incurs a minimal risk and is to be recommended because of its immunological effciency, its unquestionable value in helping to maintain a high immunization rate against diphtheria in the child community and for its marked administrative convenience.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 57 , Issue 2 , June 1959 , pp. 150 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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