Challenges of maintaining polio-free status of the european region

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S194-S207

  Khetsuriani, Nino ^a   Pfeifer, Dina ^b   Deshevoi, Sergei ^b   Gavrilin, Eugene ^b   Shefer, Abigail ^b   Butler, Robb ^b   Jankovic, Dragan ^b   Spataru, Roman ^b   Emiroglu, Nedret ^b   Martin, Rebecca ^a,b  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

European region; polio eradication; polio free status; poliomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TRIVALENT ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENTEROVIRUS SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS; POLIO FREE STATUS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POPULATION IMMUNITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION; SUPPLEMENTARY IMMUNIZATION ACTIVITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD POLIO VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 84910646988     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu096     Document Type: Review

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