Paralytic Poliomyelitis in a Contact of a Vaccinated Child

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Abstract
THE incidence of paralytic poliomyelitis in the United States has steadily declined since the development of the inactivated, Salk-type vaccine and, later, of the attenuated, Sabin oral vaccine.1 The use of living, attenuated-virus vaccine has been remarkable for its high degree of safety, and in the United States only a small number of cases of paralytic poliomyelitis have been associated with the administration of the vaccine.2 Even less frequent has been the occurrence of paralytic diseases in unvaccinated contacts of vaccinated persons, usually members of the family.2 This paper describes a case of paralytic poliomyelitis in a partially immunized nonhousehold . . .