Surveillance systems to track progress toward Global Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2012-2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 16, 2014, Pages 356-361

  Levitt, Alexandra ^a   Diop, Ousmane M ^b   Tangermann, Rudolf H ^b   Paladin, Fem ^b   Kamgang, Jean Baptiste ^a   Burns, Cara C ^c   Chenoweth, Paul J ^b   Goel, Ajay ^b   Wassilak, Steven G F ^a  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84898984671     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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