Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria 2004-2009

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bassey, Bassey Enya ^a   Gasasira, Alex ^a   Mitula, Pamela ^a   Frankson, Umoh Utobong ^b   Adeniji, Johnson Adekunle ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Nigeria; Poliomyelitis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD CHAIN SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG STORAGE; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856353659     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71208     Document Type: Article

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