Outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in a highly immunized population in Jordan

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Reichler, Mary R ^a   Abbas, Adnan ^b   Kharabsheh, Sa'ad ^d   Mahafzah, Azmi ^d   Alexander Jr , James P ^d   Rhodes, Philip ^d   Faouri, Samir ^d   Otoum, Haider ^d   Bloch, Samir ^d   Majid, Mazen Abdel ^d   Mulders, Mick ^d   Aslanian, Rafi ^d   Hull, Harry F ^d   Pallansch, Mark A ^d   Patriarca, Peter A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GIPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 16944362069     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s62     Document Type: Article

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