TY - JOUR AU - Shahmahmoodi, Shohreh AU - Mamishi, Setareh AU - Aghamohammadi, Asghar AU - Aghazadeh, Nessa AU - Tabatabaie, Hamideh AU - Gooya, Mohammad Mehdi AU - Zahraei, Seyed Mohsen AU - Mousavi, Taha AU - Yousefi, Maryam AU - Farrokhi, Kobra AU - Mohammadpour, Masoud AU - Ashrafi, Mahmoud Reza AU - Nategh, Rakhshandeh AU - Parvaneh, Nima T1 - Vaccine-associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis in Immunodeficient Children, Iran, 1995–2008 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 7 SP - 1133 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the prevalence of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) in immunodeficient infants, we reviewed all documented cases caused by immunodeficiency-associated vaccine-derived polioviruses in Iran from 1995 through 2008. Changing to an inactivated polio vaccine vaccination schedule and introduction of screening of neonates for immunodeficiencies could reduce the risk for VAPP infection. KW - Viruses KW - poliomyelitis KW - vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis KW - vaccine-derived polio virus KW - primary immunodeficiency KW - Iran KW - expedited KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1607.091606 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1606_article ER - End of Reference