Eradication of poliomyelitis in Cuba: A historical perspective

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 681-687

  Mas Lago P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ERADICATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CUBA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL;

CUBA;

EID: 0344549392     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. Ferrer H, Mas LP. [Present state of the polio eradication campaign in Cuba.] Boletín de higiene y epidemiología, 1967, 5: 145-155 (in Spanish).
2. Más LP et al. [Laboratory aspects in the control of poliomyelitis in Cuba.], Consejo Cientifico, Ministerio de Salud Pública, Cuba, 1984 (in Spanish).
3. Gonzalez OE et al. Epidemiological surveillance and control of poliomyelitis in the Republic of Cuba. Journal of hygiene, epidemiology, microbiology, and immunology, 1987, 31: 381-389.
4. Mas Lago P et al. Lessons from Cuba: mass campaign administration of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine and seroprevalence of poliovirus neutralizing antibodies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1994, 72: 221-225.
5. Mas LP et al. [Circulation of poliovirus in the child population in Cuba.] Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana, 1979, 87: 443-449 (in Spanish).
6. Mas LP et al. [Serological markers as indicator of no circulation of poliovirus in Cuba.] Revista Cubana de medicina tropical, 1992, 44: 177-180 (in Spanish).