Compatible poliomyelitis cases in India during 2000

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-9

  Kohler, Kathryn A ^a   Hlady, W Gary ^b   Banerjee, Kaushik ^b,c   Gupta, Dhananjoy ^b   Francis, Paul ^b   Durrani, Sunita ^b   Zuber, Patrick L F ^a   Sutter, Roland W ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b National Polio Surveillance Project   (India)

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

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Feces virology; India (source: Mesh, NLM); Muscle hypotonia classification virology; Paralysis classification virology; Poliomyelitis diagnosis epidemiology; Poliovirus isolation and purification

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; POLIOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0037259374     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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