The demise and rebirth of polio - A modern Phoenix?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-336

  Wright, Peter F ^a,b   Modlin, John F ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDONESIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES;

EID: 39349091850     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525050     Document Type: Editorial

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