Let’s Discuss Poliovirus Vaccines. 

Poliovirus Vaccines became a routine childhood vaccine in 1954. If you were born before this, it is recommended that you complete this series as an adult at any age. 

Poliovirus Vaccine boosters for those who have already completed the vaccine series are recommended for travel to the following countries: 

Afghanistan 

Algeria 

Angola 

Benin 

Botswana 

Burkina Faso 

Burundi 

Cameroon 

Central African Republic 

Chad 

Côte d’Ivoire 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Egypt 

Ethiopia 

Gambia 

Guinea 

Indonesia 

Kenya 

Liberia 

Madagascar 

Mali

Mauritania 

Mozambique 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Pakistan 

Republic of the Congo 

Senegal 

Sierra Leone 

Somalia 

South Sudan 

Sudan 

Tanzania 

Uganda 

Yemen 

Zambia 

Zimbabwe 

The Poliovirus vaccine is a 3-dose vaccine series, completed at 0, 1, and 6 months. Accelerated doses are available. 

Poliovirus vaccines are usually offered without a need for a prescription. 

Contraindications to Poliovirus Vaccine: 

-Patients who have had severe allergic (anaphylactic) reactions after a previous dose of 

inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). 

-Patients who have had severe allergic (anaphylactic) reactions after taking Streptomycin, Polymyxin B, or Neomycin