Defining polio: Closing the gap in global surveillance

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 386-395

  Tajaldin, Bachir ^a   Almilaji, Khaled ^a   Langton, Paul ^a   Sparrow, Annie ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute flaccid paralysis; Clinical diagnosis; Conflict; Polio; Syria; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; POLIOMYELITIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH; WAR;

ARMED CONFLICTS; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; SYRIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84941724777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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