Poliomyelitis surveillance: The model used in india for polio eradication

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Banerjee, Kaushik ^a,b   Hlady, W Gary ^a,b   Andrus, Jon K ^c   Sarkar, Sobhan ^d   Fitzsimmons, John ^c   Abeykoon, Palitha ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b National Polio Surveillance Project   (India)

^c WHO Regional Office for South East Asia   (India)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^e WHO India Country Office   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiological surveillance; India; Paralysis, classification and epidemiology; Poliomyelitis; Programme development

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; POLIOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PARALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; POLIOMYELITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MONITORING; POLIOMYELITIS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034075063     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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