Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2023-September 2024. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepSince the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, wild poliovirus (WPV) types 2 and 3 have been eradicated, and annual polio case numbers have decreased by >99.9%. WPV type 1 (WPV1) transmission remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan, two
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2018-May 2019. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2019 Since October 2016, Afghanistan and Pakistan have been the only countries with reported cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) (1). In Afghanistan, although the number of cases had declined during 2013-2016, the polio eradication program experienced ...
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Towards Eradication Of Poliomyelitis
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 1997 Lal Sunder
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Problems of poliomyelitis eradication [PDF]
Терапевтический архивThe article is devoted to the problems of implementation of the WHO Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The influence of the features of poliovirus infection and poliovirus vaccines on the course of the program, its successes and difficulties is ...
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Afghanistan, January 2017-May 2018. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2018 Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria remain the only countries where transmission of endemic wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) continues (1). This report describes polio eradication activities, progress, and challenges to eradication in Afghanistan during ...
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Eradication of Poliomyelitis in Iran, a Historical Perspective [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2009 "nPoliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It invades the nervous system, and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.
SM Zahraei, B Sadrizadeh, MM Gouya
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Pakistan, January 2016-September 2017. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2017 In 1988, the World Health Assembly launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Among the three wild poliovirus serotypes, only wild poliovirus (WPV) type 1 (WPV1) has been detected since 2012.
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Epidemics to eradication: the modern history of poliomyelitis [PDF]
Virology Journal, 2007 Poliomyelitis has afflicted humankind since antiquity, and for nearly a century now, we have known the causative agent, poliovirus. This pathogen is an enterovirus that in recent history has been the source of a great deal of human suffering.
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Nigeria, January 2018-May 2019. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2019 The number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases in Nigeria decreased from 1,122 in 2006 to six WPV type 1 (WPV1) in 2014 (1). During August 2014-July 2016, no WPV cases were detected; during August-September 2016, four cases were reported in Borno State.
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The role of research in viral disease eradication and elimination programs: lessons for malaria eradication. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 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.
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