Setback in polio eradication in India in 2002: Reasons and remedies

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-203

  John, T Jacob ^a   Thacker, Naveen ^b   Deshpande, Jagadish M ^c  

^a IAP Polio Eradication Committee   (India)

^b IAP Polio Eradication Committee ^*  (India)

^c Haffkine Institute for Training Research and Testing India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MEDICAL RECORD; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

HUMANS; INDIA; POLIOMYELITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037348094     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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