Detecting polio through surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 671-675

  Deshpande, Jagdish ^a   Ram, Madhav ^b   Durrani, Sunita ^b   Wenger, Jay ^b,c  

^a ERC   (India)

^b NPSP WHO   (India)

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

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Laboratory network; Poliovirus isolation; Surveillance for polio; Surveillance system

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744728657     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (3)

1. World Health Organisation - Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance: the surveillance strategy for poliomyelitis eradication. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 1998; 73: 113-20.
2. World Health Organisation - WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards, 2nd ed. Geneva: WHO, 1999: WHO/CDS/CSR/ISR/99/2/EN.
3. World Health Organization. Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance: a global platform for detecting and responding to priority infectious diseases. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2004; 79: 425-32.