An oral polio
vaccine used in Nigeria, that uses weakened but still alive
virus, apparently mutated and has actually caused the disease it
was meant to help stop.
.."In 2000, the United States switched to injected vaccine
made from killed virus, which cannot mutate. But oral drops with
the live, weakened version of the virus are still used in most
poor countries, including those where the disease has never been
eliminated: Nigeria, India, Pakistan and
Afghanistan."..more, serious bummer, there
Polio Vaccine Leads to Cases of Polio in Nigeria
An oral polio vaccine used in Nigeria, that uses weakened but still alive virus, apparently mutated and has actually caused the disease it was meant to help stop.
.."In 2000, the United States switched to injected vaccine made from killed virus, which cannot mutate. But oral drops with the live, weakened version of the virus are still used in most poor countries, including those where the disease has never been eliminated: Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan."..more, serious bummer, there