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Table 2 Polio vaccines received by the index cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, Krachi Nchumuru and Nkwanta Districts, 2019

From: Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019

Vaccine	Recommended Date	Date Given
Vaccine	Recommended Date	Case-patient one	Case-patient two
OPV
At Birth	At Birth	Not received	Not received
1st	6 weeks	6 weeks^a	13 weeks^b
2nd	10 weeks	29 weeks^a	25 weeks^b
3rd	14 weeks	Nil	35 weeks^b
IPV
IPV	14 weeks	*	35 weeks

^atOPV
^bbOPV
^* IPV not introduced into routine childhood immunization at that time

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