Poliomyelitis outbreak, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, September 2010-February 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1506-1509

  le Menach, Arnaud ^a,b   Llosa, Augusto E ^c   Mouniaman Nara, Isabelle ^d   Kouassi, Felix ^d   Ngala, Joseph ^e   Boxall, Naomi ^a   Porten, Klaudia ^c   Grais, Rebecca F ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (France)

^c Médecins Sans Frontières ^*

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e Ministry of Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960884733     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.110195     Document Type: Article

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