Low dosage of Polio vaccine proves to be effective: Study says

From the recent news report from the health sector it has been seen that the findings might bring down the overall cost of immunization involved which is quite an important consideration especially in the developing countries where some are seen having trouble containing the paralytic disease. A study has shown that by giving simply one fifth of the usual dose of the polio vaccine to the child might protect the babies against the harmful viruses nearly as much as they might have been protected by giving the full dosage. But it is when and as long as this is injected beneath the skin. The doctors reported this study this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Bioject Medical Technologies have come up with the needle free injector which was being used to give this vaccine under the skin to the children aged 2, 4 and 6 months. The blood tests have further shown that near about more than 95 percent of the babies and infants mounted and gave an effective immune response with this against polio. The babies which were given lower doses of polio drops had lesser antibodies against polio