New Vaccine Aids Fight to End Polio

Written by Karen Leggett
23 October 2005

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The recently developed vaccine is known as monovalent oral polio vaccine.  It protects only against the type one virus.  World health officials say it appears to work faster than existing vaccines.  They say it should now be used worldwide.


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