Why is inactivated polio vaccine only being used now?
IPV is just as effective as OPV at preventing individuals from getting polio, but less effective at stopping polio spread to other people. This is no longer an issue in the UK, because the risk of polio being imported into the UK is so low. The last case of polio being imported was over ten years ago, because of the success of vaccination programmes.
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