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Polio eradication in Ghana: past, present, and future

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionGhana joined the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1996 to interrupt wild poliovirus transmission in the country. This was a collaborative effort by the Ghana Health Service (Disease Surveillance Department and the Expanded Program on ...
John Kofi Odoom, Dennis Odai Laryea, Nana Afia Asante Ntim, Keren Attiku, Michael Adjabeng, Ewurabena Oduma Duker, Comfort Nuamah Antwi, Emmanuel Gberbi, Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko, Patience Lartekai Adams, Angelina Evelyn Dickson, Jessica Dufie Boakye, Jude Yayra Mensah, Christabel Odoom, Sharon Ansong Bimpong, Deborah Odame, Gayheart Deladem Agboste, Nancy Odoom, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Evangeline Obodai   +19 more
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Immunogenicity of novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 administered concomitantly with bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial. [PDF]

Lancet Infect Dis, 2023
Wilkinson AL, Zaman K, Hoque M, Estivariz CF, Burns CC, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Mainou BA, Kovacs SD, An Q, Lickness JS, Yunus M, Snider CJ, Zhang Y, Coffee E, Abid T, Wassilak SGF, Pallansch MA, Oberste MS, Vertefeuille JF, Anand A.   +19 more
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Role of environmental poliovirus surveillance in global polio eradication and beyond [PDF]

, 2017
Environmental poliovirus surveillance (ENV) means monitoring of poliovirus (PV) transmission in human populations by examining environmental specimens supposedly contaminated by human faeces.
DE GOURVILLE, E. M., DESHPANDE, J., HOVI, T., ROIVAINEN, M., SHULMAN, L. M., VAN DER AVOORT, H.   +5 more
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Polio: Background and perspective on how international travel can be made safe against polio

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
International spread of polio continues to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern since its declaration by the World Health Organization in 2014 and its reiteration in 2024.
Dhanya Dharmapalan, Thekkekara Jacob John, Robert Steinglass, Norbert Hirschhorn   +3 more
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Rapid emergence and transmission of virulence-associated mutations in the oral poliovirus vaccine following vaccination campaigns. [PDF]

NPJ Vaccines, 2023
Walter KS, Altamirano J, Huang C, Carrington YJ, Zhou F, Andrews JR, Maldonado Y.   +6 more
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Routine administration of oral polio vaccine in a subtropical area. Factors possibly influencing sero-conversion rates [PDF]

, 2017
Poliomyelitis is an important problem of public health in warm-climate countries. Studies of serological responses to vaccination in these countries have given conflicting results but in many investigations the rates have been considerably less than in ...
Cockburn, W. C., Gerichter, C. G., Skalska, Paulina, Swartz, T. A.   +3 more
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Advances and challenges in poliomyelitis vaccines: a comprehensive review of development, production, and global deployment

Frontiers in Public Health
Poliomyelitis has been a significant global health challenge for centuries. Since the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, remarkable progress has been achieved, with wild poliovirus (WPV) cases reduced by over 99%.
Jia Liang, Qi Zhang, Yanan Li, Lili Wang
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Viral Aetiology of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Cases, before and after Vaccine Policy Change from Oral Polio Vaccine to Inactivated Polio Vaccine

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2014
Since 1992, surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases was introduced in Malaysia along with the establishment of the National Poliovirus Laboratory at the Institute for Medical Research.
T. S. Saraswathy Subramaniam, Mohd Apandi Apandi, Rohani Jahis, Mohd Samsul Samsudin, Zainah Saat   +4 more
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Eradikasi dan Babak Akhir Polio: Peran Tenaga Kesehatan Indonesia [PDF]

, 2016
Poliomielitis adalah penyakit menular yangditandai dengan kelumpuhan akibat kerusakanmotor neuron di kornu anterior sumsum tulangbelakang; disebabkan oleh tiga serotipe virus polioyaitu serotipe 1 (brunhilde), serotipe 2 (lansig) danserotipe 3 (leon).1 ...
Gunardi, H. (Hartono)
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EPI Update April 22, 2016 [PDF]

, 2016
Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public ...

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