Path to polio eradication in India: A major milestone

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-98

  Jacob John, T ^a   Vashishtha, Vipin M ^a  

^a IAP Committee on Immunization   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANTIBODY TITER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INDIA; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 3; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863099105     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0018-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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