All are true regarding killed polio vaccine EXCEPT: September 2012
Ans: C i.e. Immunity against paralytic and wild strains Polio vaccine OPV produces excellent immunity in the intestine, the primary site of wild poliovirus entry, which helps prevent infection with wild virus in areas where the virus is endemic. The live virus used in the vaccine is shed in the stool and can be spread to others within a community. IPV produces less gastrointestinal immunity than does OPV, and primarily acts by preventing the virus from entering the nervous system. In regions without wild poliovirus, inactivated polio vaccine is the vaccine of choice. In regions with higher incidence of polio, and thus a different relative risk between efficacy and reversion of the vaccine to a virulent form, live vaccine is still used.
Produces circulatory antibody
Does NOT require stringent refrigeration
Immunity against paralytic and wild strains
NOT effective in an epidemic