Polio Information For Health Professionals

On this page:
Clinical features and epidemiology
Reporting
Vaccine Information
ACIP Recommendations and MMWR reports

Clinical features and epidemiology

• CDC: Chapter 18: Poliomyelitis
  Poliomyelitis chapter in the CDC's Pink Book on vaccine-preventable diseases.
• CDC: Clinical Overview of Poliomyelitis
  Information for health care providers on clinical features, prevention, testing and diagnosis.

Reporting

• Reporting Polio
  All cases of polio must be reported to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Vaccine Information

• Polio Vaccine Product Information and VIS

  Generic name	Manufacturer	Prescribing information	VIS
  Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)	Sanofi Pasteur	IPOL	CDC: Polio VIS
  Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated polio vaccine (DTaP-IPV)	GlaxoSmithKline	Kinrix	CDC: Your Child's First Vaccines (Multiple Vaccines VIS)

• Immunize.org: Ask the Experts: Polio Vaccine
  Experts from the CDC answer challenging questions about vaccines and their administration.

ACIP Recommendations and MMWR reports

• CDC: ACIP Recommendations Polio Vaccine
  CDC listing of recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).