Population immunity to polioviruses in the context of a large-scale wild poliovirus type 1 outbreak in Tajikistan, 2010

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 4911-4916

  Khetsuriani, Nino ^a   Pallansch, Mark A ^a   Jabirov, Shamsiddin ^b   Saparova, Nargis ^c   Oberste, M Steven ^a   Wannemuehler, Kathleen ^a   Ursu, Pavel ^c   Wassilak, Steve ^a   Martin, Rebecca ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Tajikistan HIV/AIDS Center   (Tajikistan)

^c WHO Tajikistan   (Tajikistan)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibodies against polioviruses; Poliomyelitis; Poliomyelitis outbreaks; Polioviruses; Population immunity; Seroprevalence; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SUPPLEMENTARY IMMUNIZATION ACTIVITIES; TAJIKISTAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

ANTIBODIES AGAINST POLIOVIRUSES; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS OUTBREAKS; POLIOVIRUSES; POPULATION IMMUNITY; SEROPREVALENCE; TAJIKISTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAJIKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884210317     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.06.106     Document Type: Article

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