Polio-free certification and lessons learned — South-East Asia Region, March 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 941-946

  Bahl, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Menabde, Nata ^a   Thapa, Arun ^c   McFarland, Jeffrey ^c   Swezy, Virginia ^c   Tangermann, Rudolph H ^a   Jafari, Hamid S ^a   Elsner, Linda ^d   Wassilak, Steven G F ^d   Kew, Olen M ^e   Cochi, Stephen L ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^c South East Asia Regional Office   (India)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; POLIOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84910076724     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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