Epidemiology of poliomyelitis in Karachi, Pakistan: Prospective studies during 1990–93

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 667-671

  Isomura, Shin ^a   Mubina, Agboatwalla ^b   Dure Samin, Akram ^b   Isihara, Yuichi ^c   Sakae, Kenji ^c   Yamashita, Teruo ^c   Nishio, Osamu ^c   Ahmed, Akhtar ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Civil Hospital Karachi and Dow Medical College   (Pakistan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Epidemiology; Polio; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0029856290     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03728.x     Document Type: Article

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