Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 17;15(8):889–897. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00093-6

Table 2.

Seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in per-protocol infants (n=554)

Group A: mOPV1–1 week
(N=135)
Group B: mOPV1–2 weeks
(N=135)
Group C: mOPV1–4 weeks
(N=148)
Group D: bOPV 1 and
3–4 weeks (N=136)
p value
A vs C A vs D B vs C B vs D C vs D
At birth

Type-1 poliovirus 125/135 (93%) 132/135 (98%) 135/148 (91%) 129/136 (95%)   0.961   0.860   0.092   0.738   0.566
 Reciprocal titres 113.8 (22.6–227.5), 72.0–126.1   90.5 (28.4–227.5), 72.0–113.8   68.0 (18.0–181.0), 41.2–100.8   90.5 (28.4–343.5), 58.1–178.1   0.163   0.671   0.374   0.667   0.318
Type-2 poliovirus 125/135 (93%) 126/135 (93%) 135/148 (91%) 125/136 (92%)   0.973   0.997   0.911   0.972   0.996
 Reciprocal titres   90.5 (22.6–288.0), 56.9–113.8   90.5 (22.6–362.0), 83.0–181.0   56.9 (14.2–227.5), 28.4–90.5   90.5 (14.2–288.0), 56.9–144.0   0.185   0.851   0.099   0.586   0.131
Type-3 poliovirus 102/135 (76%)   99/135 (73%) 113/148 (76%) 106/136 (78%)   0.999   0.968   0.935   0.814   0.990
 Reciprocal titres   18.0 (9.0–144.0), 14.2–28.4   18.0 (7.1–72.0), 14.2–28.4   22.6 (9.0–90.5), 18.0–36.0   22.6 (9.0–113.8), 14.2–31.7   0.479   0.503   0.278   0.670   0.374

Age 42 days

Type-1 poliovirus 120/135 (89%) 126/135 (93%) 129/148 (87%) 124/136 (91%), 45.3–113.8   0.962   0.923   0.307   0.934   0.671
 Reciprocal titres   56.9 (18.0–288.0), 41.5–90.5   56.9 (18.0–288.0), 36.0–72.0   45.3 (11.3–288.0), 28.4–90.5   90.5 (18.0–288.0)   0.789   0.248   0.679   0.129   0.131
Type-2 poliovirus 127/135 (94%) 129/135 (96%), 136/148 (92%) 120/136 (88%), 113.8–362.0   0.899   0.266   0.649   0.104   0.649
 Reciprocal titres 181.0 (36.0–910.2), 113.8–362.0 113.8 (36.0–1152.1), 90.5–288.0 288.0 (45.3–1152.1), 181.0–455.1 227.5 (24.1–1152.1)   0.425   0.948   0.194   0.247   0.464
Type-3 poliovirus   74/135 (55%)   78/135 (58%)   86/148 (58%)   81/136 (60%),   0.944   0.860   0.99   0.991   0.995
 Reciprocal titres   11.3 (5.7–56.9), 7.1–18.0   11.3 (5.7–90.5), 7.1–14.2   11.3 (5.7–90.5), 8.2–14.2   11.3 (57–85.9)   0.907   0.668   0.622   0.426   0.748

At completion

Type-1 poliovirus 132/135 (98%) 131/135 (97%) 143/148 (97%) 126/136 (93%)   0.959   0.134   0.998   0.250   0.316
 Reciprocal titres 910.2 (181.0–1448.2), 663.9–1152.1 910.2 (144.0–1448.2), 663.9–1152.1 910.2 (288.0–1448.2), 724.1–1152.1 817.1 (121.3–1448.2), 455.1–1152.1   0.739   0.948   0.968   0.763   0.789
Type-2 poliovirus 111/135 (82%) 105/135 (78%) 117/148 (79%) 107/136 (79%)   0.913   0.889   0.994   0.998   0.999
 Reciprocal titres 181.0 (11.3–1152.1), 56.9–399.9 227.5 (9.0–1152.1), 32.9–504.2 362.0 (12.0–1448.2), 130.6–724.1 371.6 (11.3–1448.2), 92.3–576.0   0.245   0.584   0.590   0.761   0.649
Type-3 poliovirus   60/135 (44%)   50/135 (37%)   65/148 (44%) 107/136 (79%),   0.999 <0.0001   0.616 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Reciprocal titres   5.7 (5.7–72.0), 5.7–9.9   5.7 (5.7–45.3), 5.7–5.8   5.7 (5.7–136.4), 5.7–9.0 181.0 (9.0–910.2), 90.5–455.1   0.695 <0.0001   0.173 <0.0001 <0.0001

Data are n/N (%) for proportion of infants with seroprevalence, and median (IQRs) and 95% CIs for reciprocal titres in these infants. mOPV1=monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1. bOPV1 and 3=bivalent OPV type 1 and 3. mOPV1–1 week=1 week interval between two doses of mOPV1. mOPV1–2 weeks=2 week interval between two doses of mOPV1. mOPV1–4 weeks=4 week interval between two doses of mOPV1. bOPV1 and 3–4 weeks=4 week interval between two doses of bOPV1 and 3.