Silent reintroduction of wild-type poliovirus to Israel, 2013 - Risk communication challenges in an argumentative atmosphere

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kaliner, E ^a   Moran Gilad, J ^a,b   Grotto, I ^a,b   Somekh, E ^c,d   Kopel, E ^a,b   Gdalevich, M ^a   Shimron, E ^a   Amikam, Y ^a   Leventhal, A ^a   Lev, B ^a   Gamzu, R ^a,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84894251447     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.7.20703     Document Type: Article

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