Special Report on Cases of Poliomyelitis Among Unvaccinated Persons Having Familial Contact with Individuals Who Have Received Poliomyelitis Vaccine

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• Personal Author:
  Langmuir, Alexander D. ; Nathanson, Neal ; Diamond, Earl ; Moore, Helen A. ; Silverman, Gerald M. ; LaVeck. Gerald D.
• Corporate Authors:
  Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Poliomyelitis Surveillance Unit. ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service.
• Description:
  Not for publication. For official use only.
  
  From May 7 to May 13, the Poliomyelitis Surveillance Unit in Atlanta received reports of 9 instances in which poliomyelitis developing among parents or siblings of children who had received poliomyelitis vaccine. A summary of the reported data is shown in the accompanying table.
  
  This report has been prepared by Dr. Alexander D. Langmuir, Dr. Neal Nathanson, and Mr. Earl Diamond. Field investigations have been performed by the polio-wing Epidemic Intelligence Service officers: Dr. Helen A. Moore, Dr. Gerald M. Silverman, and Dr. Gerald D. LaVeck.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Immunization Poliomyelitis/etiology Poliovirus Vaccines/adverse Effects
• Series:
  Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Pages in Document:
  7 unnumbered pages
• Volume:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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