Epidemiological characteristics of poliomyelitis in Delhi, 1997

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1211-1219

  Singh, Jagvir ^a   Khare, Shashi ^a   Bhatia, Rajesh ^a   Jain, D C ^a   Sokhey, Jotna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Cold chain; Oral polio vaccine; Poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; SEASONS;

EID: 0033461162     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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