Polio: Vaccinated British man shed virus for 30 years

[HAL9000]

Polio: Vaccinated British man shed virus for 30 years

He had an immune disorder that mean the weakened polio virus used to vaccinate him in childhood survived in his body.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34082627

 

[gentlegreen]

I only remember having the one vaccination - sugar lump around 1965.

 

[spanglechick]

I only remember having the one vaccination - sugar lump around 1965.

According to that article, the others would have been when you were a baby.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34082627

Vaccine-derived polio transmission via shedding through stools is a recognised problem - I was reading stuff about this on the Polio Eradication website recently.

http://www.polioeradication.org/Home.aspx

ETA - I can't find it on that site, so maybe it was somwhere else.

 

[peterkro]

I only remember having the one vaccination - sugar lump around 1965.

1957 or 8,pink liquid in tiny cup must have been the first year used in NZ.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

1957 or 8,pink liquid in tiny cup must have been the first year used in NZ.

I only recall the sugarlump and no boosters. I do remember a cousin who had to get various jabs for travelling to at risk areas hating sugar lumps so opted for the neat solution. She said it tasted incredibly bitter.

 

[fishfinger]

I only recall the sugarlump and no boosters. I do remember a cousin who had to get various jabs for travelling to at risk areas hating sugar lumps so opted for the neat solution. She said it tasted incredibly bitter.

I can confirm the bitter taste of the vaccine