Poliovirus surveillance: Building the global polio laboratory network

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Hull, Barbara P ^a   Dowdle, Walter R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031020509     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s113     Document Type: Review

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