Poliomyelitis eradication in four stages.
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2020 This article's objective is to review the "state of the art" in the progress, obstacles, and strategies for achieving global polio eradication. Poliomyelitis control measures began in the 1960s with the advent of two vaccines, the oral polio vaccine (OPV)
J. Verani, Fernando Laender
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Armed conflict in the world threatens the eradication of Poliomyelitis:risks of humanitarian crises
Pathogens and Global Health, 2022 On 25 August 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Africa to be free from poliomyelitis, an announcement that gave hope for the total eradication of this disease.
M. Martini, D. Orsini
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From regional pulse vaccination to global disease eradication: insights from a mathematical model of Poliomyelitis [PDF]
, 2014 Mass-vaccination campaigns are an important strategy in the global fight against poliomyelitis and measles. The large-scale logistics required for these mass immunisation campaigns magnifies the need for research into the effectiveness and optimal ...
AJ Terry +36 more
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The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges [PDF]
, 2019 Each year millions of pilgrims perform the annual Hajj from more than 180 countries around the world. This is one of the largest mass gathering events and may result in the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.
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Epidemic poliomyelitis, post-poliomyelitis sequelae and the eradication program [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2020 Epidemics of paralytic poliomyelitis (polio) first emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and the Scandinavian countries. They continued through the first half of the 20th century becoming global. A major epidemic occurred
Margaret M Peel
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Active epidemiological surveillance in the program of poliomyelitis eradication in Serbia [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2002 The main strategy of the worldwide Program of Poliomyelitis Eradication is based on immunization with oral poliovirus vaccine and active epidemiological surveillance aimed to demonstrate the absence of wild poliovirus circulation.
Jevremović Ivana +2 more
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Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007-2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative.
Affanni P. +35 more
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The Pathology of Poliomyelitis and the Vaccines and Nonvaccine Therapy [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Poliomyelitis is an exclusively human disease that mainly affects children. Clinical features of poliomyelitis can be varied, from mild illness to the most severe paralysis, and the factor why poliomyelitis has different performances in individuals has ...
Chen Yushuo, Yue Tianrui, Zhang Zixiao
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Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication--Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2013-August 2014. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2014 Farag NH +8 more
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Poliomyelitis During the 21st Century (2000-2013) [PDF]
, 2014 Poliovirus is the pathogenic agent of paralytic poliomyelitis that belongs to the picornaviridae family. Poliomyelitis has an extended history dating over to the Egyptian eighteenth dynasty.
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