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. 2016 Apr 2;213(Suppl 3):S124–S130. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv774

Table 1.

Seroprevalence of Poliovirus Among Infants Aged 6–9 Months, by Number of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Doses Received—Kano State, Nigeria, 2014

Dose Type, No. Children, No. Seroprevalence, No. (%)
PV1 P Value PV2 P Value PV3 P Value
RI OPV doses, no. <.001 <.001 <.001
0 41 18 (43.9) 11 (26.8) 13 (31.7)
1 13 9 (69.2) 6 (46.2) 10 (76.9)
2 18 16 (88.9) 11 (61.1) 13 (72.2)
3 20 14 (70.0) 13 (65.0) 13 (65.0)
4 89 74 (83.2) 66 (74.2) 68 (76.4)
SIA OPV doses, no. .036 .705 .013
0 28 19 (67.9) 15 (53.6) 13 (46.4)
1–3 57 37 (64.9) 35 (61.4) 38 (66.7)
4–6 67 51 (76.1) 42 (62.7) 43 (64.2)
≥7 26 23 (88.5) 15 (57.7) 22 (84.6)
Total doses, no. <.001 .002 <.001
0 6 2 (33.3) 2 (33.3) 0 (0.0)
1–3 36 20 (55.6) 15 (41.7) 16 (44.4)
4–6 55 38 (69.1) 32 (58.2) 38 (69.1)
≥7 84 71 (84.5) 58 (69.1) 63 (75.0)

Abbreviations: PV1, poliovirus type 1; PV2, poliovirus type 2; PV3, poliovirus type 3; RI, routine immunization; SIA, supplementary immunization activity.