Research Publications
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative coordinates and supports an extensive programme of research and product innovation to provide the best evidence, tools, and approaches to polio eradication, and guide policy for the post-eradication era.
Below are key publications from across the initiative’s primary areas of research
Key publications
Polio Vaccination: Past, Present and Future
May 2015
Renaissance of an “old” vaccine
21 December 2015
nOPV
Estimated effect of inactivated poliovirus vaccine campaigns, Nigeria and Pakistan, January 2014-April 2016.
15 February 2017
Development of inactivated poliovirus vaccine from Sabin strains: A progress report
5 October 2016
Fractional-dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine immunization campaign – Telangana State, India, June 2016
26 August 2016
Priming after a fractional dose of inactivated polio vaccine
31 January 2013
The Bumpy Road to Polio Eradication
24 June 2010
Fractional Doses of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine in Oman
24 June 2010
The Supply Landscape and Economics of IPV-Containing Combination Vaccines: Key Findings
May 2010
Global post-eradication IPV supply and demand assessment: integrated findings
March 2009
VDPV research
Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses – Worldwide, January 2015-May 2016
5 August 2016
Notes from the Field: Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks – Five Countries, 2014-2015
12 February 2016
Update on Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses – Worldwide, January 2014-March 2015
19 June 2015
Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses
1 November 2014
Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis: A Review of the Epidemiology and Estimation of the Global Burden
1 November 2014
Implications of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Nigeria
24 June 2010
The Bumpy Road to Polio Eradication
24 June 2010
Evaluating the emergence of cVDPVs
Surveillance Systems to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2014–2015
8 April 2016
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) presentation on the use of GIS technology in environmental surveillance for polio eradication
9 February 2015
iVDPV research
Poliovirus excretion among persons with primary immune deficiency disorders: summary of a seven-country study series
1 November 2014
Prevalence of prolonged and chronic poliovirus excretion among persons with primary immune deficiency disorders in Sri Lanka
14 December 2012
Isolation of a type 3 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) from an Iranian child with X-linked agammaglobulinemia
October 2008
Immunogenicity of Different Routine Poliovirus Vaccination Schedules: a Randomized Controlled Trial, Karachi, Pakistan
6 November 2017
Effect of booster doses of poliovirus vaccine in previously vaccinated children, Clinical Trial Results 2013
19 July 2016
The effect of diarrheal disease on bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) immune response in infants in Nepal
11 May 2016
Decay of Sabin inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)-boosted poliovirus antibodies
January 2015
Efficacy of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in India
22 August 2014
Seroprevalence of Anti-polio Antibodies in Children From Polio High-risk Areas of Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey 2015-2016.
September 2017
Poliovirus seroprevalence before and after interruption of poliovirus transmission in Kano State, Nigeria.
30 September 2016
Achieving high seroprevalence against polioviruses in Sri Lanka—Results from a serological survey, 2014
December 2015
Cross-sectional Serologic Assessment of Immunity to Poliovirus Infection in High-Risk Areas of Northern India
1 November 2014
Survey of poliovirus antibodies in Kano, Northern Nigeria
10 March 2014
