The last mile in global poliomyelitis eradication

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9791, 2011, Pages 549-552

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NOTE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE;

EID: 80051675500     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60744-7     Document Type: Note

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