Circulation of poliovirus during the poliomyelitis outbreak in the Netherlands in 1992-1993

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 929-935

  Conyn van Spaendonck, M A E ^a   Oostvogel, P M ^b   Van Loon, A M ^b   Van Wijngaarden, J K ^a   Kromhout, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Medical Inspectorate of Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks; immunity; poliomyelitis; poliovirus vaccine; polioviruses

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0029877866     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008836     Document Type: Article

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