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Global eradication of poliomyelitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1997
AbstractIn May 1996, in the Region of the Americas, over 4 years had elapsed since the last confirmed case of paralytic poliomyelitis due to wild polio virus had been detected, on August: 23, 1991, in a 2-year-old boy, in Peru. This fact is of historic significance in the annals of public health, and the successes experienced in the Americas served as ...
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Mother’s knowledge and attitudes regarding poliomyelitis eradication among a sample in Bab Al Muadham health centre in Baghdad city, Iraq

, 2023
Entsar Khaleel Sameen, Shatha Mahmood Niazy, Asmaa Ibadi Salman, Sahar Al Kareem Alabbas Al Ghnaimawi   +3 more
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Estimated prevalence of immunity to poliomyelitis in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: a population-based survey

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
OBJECTIVES: Estimate the prevalence of immunity to poliomyelitis (anti-polio antibodies) in the city of São Paulo/Brazil through a population-based survey.
Kiffer Carlos Roberto Veiga, Conceição Orlando Jorge, Santos Edgar Bortholi, Sabino Ester, Focaccia Roberto   +4 more
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Safety and Immunogenicity of Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine in Vaccinated Children and Vaccine-Naïve Infants: A Phase 4 Study

Vaccines
In the context of polio eradication, novel oral polio vaccines for type 2 (nOPV2) were developed, and types 1 and 3 polioviruses are being developed.
Luis Rivera Mejía, Lourdes Peña Mendez, Ricardo W. Rüttimann, Chris Gast, Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay   +4 more
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The Eradication of Poliomyelitis in Spain: Projects, Obstacles, Achievements, Realities [PDF]

, 2015
Rosa Ballester Añón, Maria Gallo, María José Báguena Cervellera   +2 more
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Active surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis in poliomyelitis high-risk areas in southern China

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001
OBJECTIVE: On 29 October 2000 poliomyelitis was officially declared to have been eradicated from the Western Pacific Region. This article describes the results of surveillance for cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in China during the final phase of ...
Chiba Yasuo, Hikita Kazuo, Matuba Tsuyoshi, Chosa Tooru, Shinji Kyogoku, Jingjian Yu, Zhao Wang   +6 more
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Polio Epidemiology: Strategies and Challenges for Polio Eradication Post the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vaccines
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), launched in 1988, has successfully reduced wild poliovirus (WPV) cases by over 99.9%, with WPV type 2 and WPV3 declared eradicated in 2015 and 2019, respectively.
Lucia F. Bricks, Denis Macina, Juan C. Vargas-Zambrano   +2 more
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Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in Hong Kong: 1997 to 2002 [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives. To describe the characteristics of patients reported with acute flaccid paralysis between 1997 and 2002, and to evaluate the performance of the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance system using indicators recommended by the World Health ...
Chan, KY, Lam, RMK, Lam, TH, Lau, YL, Leung, NK, Lim, WL, Tsang, THF   +6 more
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Poliomyelitis in Pakistan: Challenges to polio eradication and future prospects

Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2022
Haroon Shabbir, Sajeel Saeed, Muhammad Farhan, Khawar Abbas, Mohammad Ebad ur Rehman, F. Gul, J. Basit   +6 more
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Poliomyelitis eradication and pandemic influenza [PDF]

The Lancet, 2006
Heymann, David L, Aylward, R Bruce
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