IPV vaccines (Inactivated Polio Vaccines) are the only polio vaccines that have been given in the United States since 2000. IPV is given by shot in the leg or arm, depending on the patient's age. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that all children get four doses of IPV, with one dose at each of the following ages; 2 months old, 4 months old, 6 through 18 months old, and, and 4 through 6 years old. IPV vaccines are often used to immunize against polio. It is an inactivated (killed) form of the virus.
It provides a very safe way to protect against polio. IPV
vaccines work by causing the body to produce its own protection (antibodies)
against the virus that causes polio. IPV vaccines often used to prevent
poliomyelitis (polio). In fact, the use of IPV is recommended as part of
endgame strategies for polio eradication, and in the event of a vaccine-derived
poliovirus outbreak. IPV provide immunity by supplying the body with an antigen
that cannot replicate in the host. The inactivation process results in a significantly
reduced level of immunity, so this type of vaccine can be given to
immunocompromised individuals. Publicly funded immunisation efforts to deliver
vaccination to the underprivileged are projected to create a favourable
environment for the Global IPV
vaccines Market to
grow rapidly in the near future.
Moreover, it is important to know that IPV vaccines
are not recommended for individuals with known allergies, or those with
compromised immune systems. IPV has been used successfully in the polio
eradication programs in a few countries, but until recently most countries have
used the oral polio vaccine. IPV provides serum immunity to all three types of
poliovirus, resulting in protection against paralytic poliomyelitis. Thus,
three is increasing demand for inactivated polio vaccines around the world.
There are 6 different vaccines to stop polio
transmission; IPV protects against poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3, and thus IPV
vaccines have now also been introduced into routine immunization programs in
all countries, which are strengthening the fight to eradicate wild poliovirus
(WPV).