Eradicating polio

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1275-1277

  Heymann, David L ^a   Aylward, R Bruce ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFRICA; CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ASIA, WESTERN; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 4544379898     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp048204     Document Type: Review

References (5)

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