Polio vaccines and the eradication of poliomyelitis

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9840, 2012, Pages 454-455

  Minor, Philip D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFGHANISTAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; NOTE; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84864746381     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60921-0     Document Type: Note

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