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Influence of gut microbiota on mucosal IgA antibody response to the polio vaccine
npj Vaccines, 2020 The impact of intestinal microbiota on mucosal antibody response to the polio vaccine is poorly understood. We examined changes in vaccine-induced intestinal mucosal immunity to poliovirus by measuring the immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody levels in stool ...
T. Zhao +7 more
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Characteristics of Patients at First Visit to a Polio Clinic in Sweden. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Describe polio patients visiting a polio clinic in Sweden, a country where vaccination was introduced in 1957.A consecutive cohort study.Prior polio patients.All patients (n = 865) visiting the polio clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg ...
Katarina Skough Vreede +1 more
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Polio in Afghanistan: The Current Situation amid COVID-19
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020 . Polio is a deadly viral disease that has been paralyzing many children in Afghanistan. Despite fundamental efforts, primarily vaccination, to reduce the number of cases in Afghanistan, there are still many children who are deprived of the vaccine every
Attaullah Ahmadi +4 more
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Review of poliovirus modeling performed from 2000 to 2019 to support global polio eradication
Expert Review of Vaccines, 2020 Introduction Over the last 20 years (2000-2019) the partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) invested in the development and application of mathematical models of poliovirus transmission as well as economics, policy, and risk analyses ...
K. Thompson, D. A. Kalkowska
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Islamist insurgency and the war against polio: a cross-national analysis of the political determinants of polio. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: There is widespread agreement that civil war obstructs efforts to eradicate polio. It is suggested that Islamist insurgents have a particularly negative effect on vaccination programmes, but this claim is controversial.
Kennedy, Jonathan +2 more
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Lancet Global Health, 2020 Summary On Aug 25 2020, the Africa Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication declared that the WHO African region had interrupted transmission of all indigenous wild polioviruses.
Rose Gana Arlene Mark A Rudolf H Pascal Supamit Abdouli Fomban Leke King Pallansch Tangermann Mkanda Chuns +17 more
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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2017–March 2019
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2019 Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) began in 1988, transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has been interrupted in all countries except Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
Sharon A. Greene +6 more
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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 +16 more
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The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: Lessons for malaria eradication [PDF]
, 2011 By examining the role research has played in eradication or regional elimination initiatives for three viral diseases-smallpox, poliomyelitis, and measles-we derive nine cross-cutting lessons applicable to malaria eradication.
Breman, JG +6 more
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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 +12 more
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