Eradication of wild poliovirus from the Americas: Wild poliovirus surveillance - Laboratory issues

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Pinhciro, Francisco P ^b   Kew, Olen M ^b   Hatch, Milford H ^b   Da Silveira, Claudio M ^b   De Quadros, Ciro A ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031027565     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s43     Document Type: Review

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