Abstract
Dharmapalan D, John TJ, Steinglass R, Hirschhorn N. Polio: Background and perspective on how international travel can be made safe against polio. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. 2024;11. doi:10.1177/20499361241298857
The publisher has been alerted to a potential error regarding the references used to support the following sentences in the article on p. 5, col. 2: “Fatwas were issued by the Taliban against oral polio vaccination as an alleged American conspiracy to sterilise the Muslim populations. Hundreds of polio vaccinators in these countries have been either kidnapped or killed during the last decade. Engagement of religious leaders as champions of polio eradication is a critical strategy to encourage vaccination against polio”.
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Pg 5, Col. 1: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene had declared that there was no possibility of contamination of drinking water with sewage,30 thus making the transmission theory of faecal-oral route not plausible.8,17
P. 5, Col. 2: The Government of India requires polio vaccination certification at least 4 weeks before departure to India from polio-endemic countries, countries with poliovirus circulation following importation, and countries with cVDPV during the last 3 years.31
P. 5, Col. 2: For Hajj pilgrims and Umrah performers, proof of polio vaccination with either OPV or IPV is required at least 6 weeks prior to the application for entry visa to Saudi Arabia.32 All visitors under 15 years, irrespective of immunisation status, will receive 1 dose of OPV at border points. Saudi Arabia protects its children against polio using IPV combined with other injected childhood vaccines.33 Opposition by religious fundamentalists has been described as a major cause of failure of immunization programmes against polio in countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.34-36
P. 6, Col. 1 Engagement of religious leaders as champions of polio eradication is a critical strategy to encourage vaccination against polio.35