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MSH: A live vaccine containing attenuated poliovirus, types I, II, and III, grown in monkey kidney cell tissue culture, used for routine immunization of children against polio. This vaccine induces long-lasting intestinal and humoral immunity. Killed vaccine induces only humoral immunity. Oral poliovirus vaccine should not be administered to immunocompromised individuals or their household contacts. (Dorland, 28th ed),NCI: A vaccine that contains live attenuated polio virus. It is administered orally as polio prophylaxis in many areas of the world, but not in the U.S. since 2000.,HL7V3.0: <p>poliovirus vaccine, live, oral</p>
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