The changing epidemiology of acute flaccid paralysis warrants a paradigm shift in surveillance

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-2

  Messacar, Kevin ^a   Abzug, Mark J ^a   Dominguez, Samuel R ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROVIRUS D68; FECES ANALYSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; NOTE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; RESPIRATORY EXCRETION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; PARALYSIS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PARALYSIS;

EID: 85031429328     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24920     Document Type: Note

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