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Poliomyelitis eradication: Rhetoric or reality [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Pac J Trop Dis, 2013
Bhatnagar N, Grover M, Sinha S, Kaur R.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Has wild poliovirus been eliminated from Nigeria? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Wild poliovirus type 3 (WPV3) has not been seen anywhere since the last case of WPV3-associated paralysis in Nigeria in November 2012. At the time of writing, the most recent case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Nigeria occurred in July 2014, and ...
Famulare, Michael
core   +7 more sources

Long-Term Immunogenicity of Inactivated and Oral Polio Vaccines: An Italian Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesVaccines, 2022
Oral and inactivated poliovirus (PV) vaccines have contributed toward the global eradication of wild PV2 and PV3, as well as the elimination of PV1 in most countries.
Angela Maria Vittoria Larocca   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

PROBLEMS OF FINAL PHASE POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION PROGRAMME

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2017
Never before has the world community were not so close to the goal - poliomyelitis eradication. In 2016, the world recorded only 37 cases in the three endemic countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Despite the great progress in the final stages of
O. P. Chernyavskaya, N. I. Briko
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison and Contrast of the Elimination Campaigns for Poliomyelitis and Leprosy: Which is More Feasible?

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2016
As we approach the third decade since the WHO started addressing the eradication of poliomyelitis and leprosy, a reflection of the previous campaigns efficacy and an evaluation of further elimination feasibility is important to adapt and intensify the ...
Luís Malheiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deficiency of immunity to poliovirus type 3: a lurking danger? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Europe was certified to be polio-free in 2002 by the WHO. However, wild polioviruses remain endemic in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria, occasionally causing polio outbreaks, as in Tajikistan in 2010.
Doerr, Hans W.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Global trends in poliomyelitis research over the past 20 years: A bibliometric analysis

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Poliomyelitis is an acute infectious disease caused by poliovirus. This bibliometric analysis aims to examine the status of poliomyelitis research in the past 20 years.
Qi Liu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of inactivated poliovirus vaccine on mucosal immunity: implications for the polio eradication endgame. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The polio eradication endgame aims to bring transmission of all polioviruses to a halt. To achieve this aim, it is essential to block viral replication in individuals via induction of a robust mucosal immune response. Although it has long been recognized
Anis E   +16 more
core   +3 more sources

Portugal e a Europa livres da poliomielite.

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2003
On the 21st of June 2002, in Copenhagen, the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication, declared the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) as polio-free.
Guilherme Gonçalves   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Poliomyelitis: Eradication in sight [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology and Infection, 1992
Great strides have been made towards the control of poliomyelitis since the introduction of the two poliovaccines – inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), which was licensed in the United States in 1954, and live attenuated oral poliovaccine (OPV), in 1961.
openaire   +2 more sources

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