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If apatient is aquired paralysis of poliomyelitis and he hadn't have apolio-vaccine what we should do? give him opv or not?
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Yes, polio vaccine should be given as polio is caused by 3 types of viruses and if a child has had polio, he would still be susceptible to other 2 types. OPV should be given after 1 month after the stool excretion stops and the paralysis starts recovering.
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