Poliomyelitis in Oman. II. Toward eradication

Acta Tropica

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-138

  Al Dhahry, Said H S ^a   Al Awaidy, Salah T ^b   Al Busaidy, Suleman M ^b   Koul, Roshan L ^c   Al Khusaiby, Saleh M S ^d   Suleman, Ali J M ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Immunization; Polio eradication; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; IMMUNIZATION; POLIOMYELITIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OMAN; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; VACCINATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OMAN; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

OMAN;

EID: 0035935151     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00167-X     Document Type: Article

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