The recent outbreaks and reemergence of poliovirus in war and conflict-affected areas

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-46

  Akil, Luma ^a   Ahmad, H Anwar ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Polio vaccination; Poliomyelitis; War zones

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD DEATH; CRIME; EPIDEMIC; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ETHIOPIA; GLOBAL PEACE INDEX; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLITICS; SOMALIA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WAR; AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; VACCINATION; WARFARE;

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, ORAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION; WARFARE;

EID: 84975704320     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.025     Document Type: Article

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