Megan Halbrook, Adva Gadoth, Patrick Mukadi, Nicole A Hoff, Kamy Musene, Camille Dzogang, Cyrus Shannon Sinai, D'Andre Spencer, Guillaume Ngoie-Mwamba, Sylvia Tangney, Frank Salet, Michel Nyembwe, Michel Kambamba Nzaji, Merly Tambu, Placide Mbala, Trevon Fuller, Sue K Gerber, Didine Kaba, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W Rimoin
Despite the successes in wild-type polio eradication, poor vaccine coverage in the DRC has led to the occurrence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks. This cross-sectional population-based survey provides an update to previous poliovirus-neutralizing antibody seroprevalence studies in the DRC and quantifies risk factors for under-immunization and parental knowledge that guide vaccine decision making. Among the 964 children between 6 and 35 months in our survey, 43.8% (95% CI: 40.6-47.0%), 41...
February 27, 2024: Vaccines