Polio outbreak in Tajikistan is cause for alarm

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1013-

  MacDonald, Noni ^a   Hébert, Paul C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; TAJIKISTAN; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS;

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 77954619173     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.100831     Document Type: Editorial

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