Surveillance of patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Finland: Report of a pilot study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 298-304

  Hovi, T ^a   Stenvik, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disease notification, methods; Epidemiological surveillance; Finland; Muscle hypotonia, virology; Paralysis, diagnosis; Pilot projects; Poliomyelitis, epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034113417     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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