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Case reports,
personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles
about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases |
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| 22 yrs. |
Unvaccinated U.S. adult traveling
abroad contracts vaccine-associated paralytic polio through contact with a child
vaccinated with OPV |
Report #82: An Arizona woman
contracted paralytic polio while traveling in Central and South American via
contact with a child recently vaccinated with OPV.
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2/6/06 |
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| 8 yrs. |
"Polio victim entreats parents to
say "yes" to vaccines" |
Report #28: Laura Lake recalls the
fear and loneliness she felt when hospitalized for polio at age eight.
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3/31/00 |
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| 3 yrs. |
"I awoke one morning unable to walk" |
Report #5: Sharon Karber, a nurse
working in public health, writes about her polio experience as a 3-year-old
child in 1953.
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11/9/98 |
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