The polio eradication end game: What it means for Europe

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Heymann, D ^a,b   Ahmed, Q ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; POLIO ERADICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84894253915     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.7.20702     Document Type: Editorial

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