Description: Publication date: 25 July 2018 Source: Vaccine, Volume 36, Issue 31 Author(s): Luciana Gomes Pedro Brandão, Guilherme Santoro-Lopes, Silas de Souza Oliveira, Edson Elias da Silva, Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil Objectives To assess the prevalence of protective antibody titers to polioviruses in adults candidates for solid organ transplant (SOT), and to assess the immunogenic response to inactivated polio vaccine in this population. Methods The study included SOT candidates referred to Immunization Reference Centre of Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases from March 2013 to January 2016. It was conducted in 2 phases. The first one, a cross-sectional seroprevalence study, followed by an uncontrolled analysis of vaccine response among patients without protective antibody titers at baseline. Antibody titers to poliomyelitis were determined by microneutralization assay. Results Among 206 SOT candidates included, 156 (76%) had protective antibody titers to all poliovirus serotypes (95% CI: 70–81%). Proven history of oral vaccination in childhood was not associated with higher seroprevalence of protective antibody. In 97% of individuals without protective antibody titers at baseline, there was adequate vaccine response with one dose of inactivated polio vaccine. Conclusions A relevant proportion of adult candidates for SOT does not have protective titers of antibodies to one or more poliovirus serotype. One dose of inactivated vaccine elicited protective antibody titers in 97% of these subjects and should be routinely prescribed prior to SOT.