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The Last Mile in Polio Eradication: Program Challenges and Perseverance

Pathogens
As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) strategizes towards the final steps of eradication, routine immunization schedules evolve, and high-quality vaccination campaigns and surveillance systems remain essential.
Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Martin Eisenhawer, Ousmane M. Diop, Harish Verma, Arshad Quddus, Ondrej Mach   +5 more
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Genetic characterization and molecular epidemiology of Coxsackievirus A12 from mainland China during 2010–2019

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Coxsackievirus A12 (CVA12) is an enterovirus that has been isolated in many countries in recent years. However, studies on CVA12 are limited, and its effective population size, evolutionary dynamics and recombination patterns have not been clarified now.
Qin Guo, Qin Guo, Hehe Zhao, Yong Zhang, Yong Zhang, Xianjun Wang, Qiuli Yu, Zhaolin Tan, Huanhuan Lu, Jinbo Xiao, Tianjiao Ji, Shuangli Zhu, Dongyan Wang, Qian Yang, Zhenzhi Han, Wenbo Xu, Dongmei Yan   +16 more
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Perspectives for applying Alphaviruses in antitumor therapy

Инфекция и иммунитет, 2023
Oncolytic viral therapy is a promising approach for treating tumors. Oncolytic viruses can directly lyse tumor cells and indirectly activate antitumor immunity.
Alina S. Nazarenko, Yulia K. Biryukova, Nadezhda M Kolyasnikova, Mikhail F. Vorovich, Nikolai B. Pestov, Aidar A. Ishmukhametov   +5 more
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National polio preparedness and response plan [v2.0] [PDF]

, 2023
Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that largely affects children under 5 years of age, causing permanent paralysis (1 in 200 infections) or death (2-10% of those paralysed) (WHO, 2022a).
Polio Working Group, National Health Protection Service
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Conducting public health surveillance in areas of armed conflict and restricted population access: a qualitative case study of polio surveillance in conflict-affected areas of Borno State, Nigeria

Conflict and Health, 2022
This study examined the impact of armed conflict on public health surveillance systems, the limitations of traditional surveillance in this context, and innovative strategies to overcome these limitations.
Eric Wiesen, Raymond Dankoli, Melton Musa, Jeff Higgins, Joseph Forbi, Jibrin Idris, Ndadilnasiya Waziri, Oladapo Ogunbodede, Kabiru Mohammed, Omotayo Bolu, Gatei WaNganda, Usman Adamu, Eve Pinsker   +12 more
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The polio endgame [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2014
Paralytic poliomyelitis is a disease that became a public health issue at the beginning of the twentieth century and was more or less eliminated in developed countries by the early 1970s. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative of WHO has now eradicated endemic polio from all but three countries although re-introductions occur.
openaire   +2 more sources

Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Muhammad Umar, Pakeezah Tabasum, Maria Qadri, Talha Farooq, Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew, Zemichael Getu Alemayehu, Eden Haile Hagos, Hailemariam Shimelis Gebeyehu, Hanna Tsehay Abebe, Nuradin Abdi Ali, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Temesgen Mamo Sharew   +12 more
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polio: the late effects reality [PDF]

, 2003
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McCON Services, McFarlane, John R.
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Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Coxsackievirus A9

Viruses, 2022
Nineteen CVA9 isolates were obtained between 2010 and 2019 from six provinces of mainland China, using the HFMD surveillance network established in China.
Hehe Zhao, Jianxing Wang, Jianhua Chen, Ruifang Huang, Yong Zhang, Jinbo Xiao, Yang Song, Tianjiao Ji, Qian Yang, Shuangli Zhu, Dongyan Wang, Huanhuan Lu, Zhenzhi Han, Guoyan Zhang, Jichen Li, Dongmei Yan   +15 more
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