Environmental surveillance for polioviruses in the global polio eradication initiative

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S294-S303

  Asghar, Humayun ^a   Diop, Ousmane M ^a   Weldegebriel, Goitom ^a   Malik, Farzana ^a   Shetty, Sushmitha ^e   Bassioni, Laila El ^b   Akande, Adefunke O ^c   Maamoun, Eman Al ^b   Zaidi, Sohail ^d   Adeniji, Adekunle J ^c   Burns, Cara C ^f   Deshpande, Jagadish ^e   Oberste, M Steve ^e   Lowther, Sara A ^f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b VACSERA   (Egypt)

^c National Polio Laboratory   (Nigeria)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^e Enterovirus Research Center   (India)

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

Author keywords

disease eradication; environmental monitoring; environmental sewage; polioviruses; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SEWAGE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

SEWAGE;

DISEASE ERADICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84910634825     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu384     Document Type: Article

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