Research Article

Modelling Risk to US Military Populations from Stopping Blanket Mandatory Polio Vaccination

Table 6

Modelled risk of new polio infections among nondeployed service members as a result of infected soldiers reintegrating upon return from deployment.

Scenario% protected from disease
(deployed)
Average annual incidence
(nondeployed)
% protected from disease
(nondeployed)
% susceptible to transmission
(nondeployed)
Risk of new infections
(nondeployed)

199%1.2/100,00099%21%0.000504/1,000,000
299%1.2/100,00099% 93%21% 26%0.000504/1,000,000 0.000624/1,000,000
399% 93%1.3/100,00099% 93%21% 26%0.000546/1,000,000 0.000676/1,000,000