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Epidemic poliomyelitis, post-poliomyelitis sequelae and the eradication program [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2020
Epidemics of paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) first emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and the Scandinavian countries. They continued through the first half of the 20th century becoming global. A major epidemic occurred
Margaret M Peel
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KAP Study on Immunization of Children in a City of North India – A 30 Cluster Survey [PDF]

, 2008
Background: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices about immunization among respondents of children aged 12-23 months.\ud Methods: A total of 510 respondents were interviewed in the urban slums of Lucknow district of India, using 30 cluster ...
Awasthi, Shally, Bhushan, Vidya, Kumar, Vishwajeet, Nath, Bhola, Singh , JV, Singh, SK   +5 more
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Estudios epidemiológicos y virológicos sobre la poliomielitis en Valencia (1959-1969) [PDF]

, 2009
-M.Jose.Baguena@uv.esLos estudios sobre el virus de la polio comenzaron en Valencia en 1959 de la mano del microbiólogo Vicente Sanchis-Bayarri Vaillant.
Báguena Cervellera, María José
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Immunogenicity and safety of polio vaccines in infants: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Virology Journal
Poliomyelitis, preventable only through vaccination, remains a global health concern, with wild poliovirus transmission and the emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses. The risk of further deterioration of the situation jeopardizes efforts to eradicate
Roman P. Terekhov, Artem A. Svotin, Maria D. Korochkina, Anastasiya A. Khodyachikh, Mikhail A. Varnavskiy, Anastasia N. Piniaeva, Yury Yu. Ivin, Dmitry D. Zhdanov, Liubov I. Kozlovskaya, Amir Taldaev   +9 more
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Non-uptake of dual protective polio vaccine and its determinants among children in Ethiopia using Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey 2019: a mixed-effect model

BMJ Open
Introduction The polio vaccine is the live-attenuated antigen that prevents poliomyelitis. According to a report by the WHO, about 1 million less than 5-year-old children missed the polio vaccination from 2018 to 2021.
Esmael Ali Muhammad, Amare Kassaw, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Muluken Chanie Agimas   +4 more
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2013 Annual Letter from Bill Gates [PDF]

, 2013
In previous annual letters, Gates focused on the power of innovation to reduce hunger, poverty, and disease. But any innovation -- whether it's a new vaccine or an improved seed -- can't have an impact unless it reaches the people who will benefit from ...
Bill Gates
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The importance of recent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high HIV prevalence: a long-term molecular epidemiological study in Northern Malawi.

, 2005
BACKGROUND: The proportion of cases of tuberculosis due to recent infection can be estimated in long-term population-based studies using molecular techniques.
Crampin, Amelia C, Drobniewski, Francis, Fine, Paul EM, Glynn, Judith R, Mwaungulu, Frank D, Ndlovu, Richard, Ngwira, Bagrey M, Traore, Hamidou, Yates, Malcolm D   +8 more
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Does oral polio vaccine have non-specific effects on all-cause mortality? Natural experiments within a randomised controlled trial of early measles vaccine. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: BCG and measles vaccine (MV) may have beneficial non-specific effects (NSEs). If an unplanned intervention with a vaccine (a natural experiment) modifies the estimated effect in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), this suggests NSEs. We used
Aaby, Peter, Andersen, Andreas, Benn, Christine S, Fisker, Ane B, Martins, Cesário L, Rodrigues, Amabelia, Whittle, Hilton C   +6 more
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Comparison of IPV to tOPV week 39 boost of primary OPV vaccination in Indian infants: an open labelled randomized controlled trial

Heliyon, 2017
Background: The final endgame strategy of global polio eradication initiative includes switching from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccines (tOPV) to bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), and introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
Suman Kanungo, Deok Ryun Kim, Bisakha Haldar, Cynthia Snider, Uma Nalavade, Soon Ae Kim, Ju Yeon Park, Anuradha Sinha, Aiyel Haque Mallick, Byomkesh Manna, Dipika Sur, Ranjan Kumar Nandy, Jagadish M. Deshpande, Cecil Czerkinsky, Thomas F Wierzba, William A Petri Jr., Mohammad Ali, Ayan Dey   +17 more
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World witnesses a tumultuous year while India reports an eventful decade in the long story of polio eradication

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2014
With recent outbreaks in Syria and Horn of Africa, silent circulation of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza, and fresh spate of violence against vaccinators and their security personnel in Pakistan, the world is facing a ...
Sanjay Chaturvedi
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