6212: Re: 6201: Re: 6187: Caribbean polio cases linked to vaccine mutation: a reply

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Michael Brewer <immunenation@hotmail.com>

Dear Caroline,

Yes... You should have your child in Haiti vaccinated, but with the IPV 
ONLY. (Inactivated Polio Vaccine - injection).

The usual schedule for children is 2months, 4months, 15-18months, and 4years 
old.  All of these should be the IPV only.

In an adult, if it has been more than 10 years since completing the 
childhood series, you should receive one more lifetime booster of the IPV if 
you are in or travel to an endemic area.

Thanks,
Michael W. Brewer, RN
HaitianStreetKids, Inc.
URL:   http://www.HaitianStreetKids.com
Email: HaitianStreetKids@rescueteam.com




>From: Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>
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>From: C&C Henrius <carolineislands@hotmail.com>
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> >From: Greg Chamberlain <GregChamberlain@compuserve.com>
> >
> >ATLANTA, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Seven children in Haiti and the Dominican 
>Republic
> >have been paralyzed by a mutated polio strain linked to the oral polio
> >vaccine given out in those countries, reported U.S. health experts.
>
>
>I am confused by this article.  Are they saying the mutated polio strain is
>a "result" of the vaccine being given in those countries?  For those of us
>with children in Haiti, should we get them vaccinated or NOT?
>
>Thanks,
>'
>Caroline
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