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Global Transmission of Live Polioviruses: Updated Dynamic Modeling of the Polio Endgame

Risk Analysis, 2020
Nearly 20 years after the year 2000 target for global wild poliovirus (WPV) eradication, live polioviruses continue to circulate with all three serotypes posing challenges for the polio endgame.
D. A. Kalkowska, M. Pallansch, S. Wassilak, S. Cochi, K. Thompson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Providing monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 to newborns: findings from a pilot birth-dose project in Moradabad district, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM: Poliovirus transmission remained a public health challenge in western Uttar Pradesh, India in late 2005 and early 2006. In 2006, the India Expert Advisory Group for Polio Eradication concluded that, given the peak incidence of polio among ...
JJ Rainey, P Bhatnagar, CF Estivariz, S Durrani, M Galway, H Sandhu, S Bahl, H Jafari, J Wenger   +8 more
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The impact of different IPV-OPV sequential immunization programs on hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccine efficacy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
In recent years, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has gradually implemented a global shift in polio immunization programs. Few studies cover polio immunization program impacts on the efficacy of other vaccines.
Shiyi Chen, Yuping Zhao, Zhiyao Yang, Ying Li, Hongyuan Shi, Ting Zhao, Xiaolei Yang, Jing Li, Guoliang Li, Jianfeng Wang, Zhifang Ying, Jingsi Yang   +11 more
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Maltese with genetic susceptibility to poliomyelitis : sibs with paralysis at different times [PDF]

, 2015
The author of this article found the records of 1,072 Maltese cases of poliomyelitis in the islands of Malta from 1909 to 1964. These cases and baptism matched controls were traced to their great grand-parents and all marriages were checked for ...
Wyatt, H.V.
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]

, 2015
Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna, Bouting Mayaka, Georges, Miglietta, Alessandro, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Rezza, Giovanni, Russo, Gianluca, Sobze, Martin Sanou, Stefanelli, Paola, Vullo, Vincenzo   +8 more
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A Randomized Single‐Center Proof of Principle Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of a Hydrogel Laser Treatment Patch in Laser Hair Removal

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Laser hair removal (LHR) is a commonly performed aesthetic procedure known to generate a hazardous laser plume composed of toxic chemicals, ultrafine particles, and potentially infectious biological materials. Current mitigation strategies, such as smoke evacuation systems, are costly and often used inconsistently, highlighting the ...
Barry E. DiBernardo, Gabriella A. DiBernardo, Jason N. Pozner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-polio Syndrome: More Than Just a Lower Motor Neuron Disease

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Post-polio syndrome (PPS) is a neurological condition that affects polio survivors decades after their initial infection. Despite its high prevalence, the etiology of PPS remains elusive, mechanisms of progression are poorly understood, and the condition
S. Li Hi Shing, Rangariroyashe Chipika, E. Finegan, Deirdre Murray, O. Hardiman, P. Bede   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pain in Post-Polio Syndrome: A Separate Pain Entity?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications, 2022
Background: Most patients with polio recover from the initial infection, but develop muscle weakness, pain and fatigue after 15–40 years, a condition called post-polio syndrome.
Evert Christiaan Boshuis, Eva Melin, Kristian Borg   +2 more
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Polio Eradication: How the War on Terror Has Led to the Persistence of Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria [PDF]

, 2013
In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a campaign to eradicate the polio virus from the world population (Bari 2006). Since 1988, the WHO has used polio vaccines to successfully interrupt transmission of the disease to new individuals in ...
Rouhana, John Michel
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Depressive symptoms in people with late effects of polio and the association with sociodemographic and disability‐related factors

PM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Late effects of polio (LEoP) is a progressive condition leading to a lifelong disability that can affect mental health. There is limited knowledge of depressive symptoms and associated factors in people with LEoP. Objective To assess the occurrence of depressive symptoms in people with LEoP and explore the association with ...
Maria Nolvi, Christina Brogårdh, Lars Jacobsson, Jan Lexell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source