Outbreak of type 1 wild poliovirus infection in adults, Namibia, 2006

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue , 2014, Pages S353-S360

  Yusuf, Nasir ^a,i   De Wee, Rosalina ^b   Foster, Norbert ^b   Watkins, Margaret A ^d   Tiruneh, Desta ^c   Chauvin, Claire ^f   Bossarte, Robert ^d   Mandlhate, Custodia ^c   Jack, Abdoulie ^a   Gumede, Nicksy ^g   Mawela, Alfred ^g   Burns, Cara C ^e   Pallansch, Mark A ^e   Allies, Tina ^b   Rainey, Jeannette ^d   Mataruse, Noah ^a   Nshimirimana, Deo ^h  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^b Ministry of Health and Social Services   (United States)

^c WHO Country Office   (Namibia)

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

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

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^h WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

ⁱ UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

disease outbreak; Namibia; paralysis; poliomyelitis; type 1 wild poliovirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGOLA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WILD POLIOVIRUS TYPE 1; WILD POLIOVIRUS TYPE 1 INFECTION; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TOPOGRAPHY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910649824     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu069     Document Type: Review

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