Lessons learnt to keep Europe polio-free: A review of outbreaks in the European Union, European Economic Area, and candidate countries, 1973 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2016, Pages

  Derrough, Tarik ^a   Salekeen, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015351792     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.16.30210     Document Type: Review

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