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Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2018-2019

Authors :
Humayun Asghar
Steven G. F. Wassilak
Varja Grabovac
Nicksy Gumede
Jamal A. Ahmed
Eugene Saxentoff
Gloria Rey-Benito
Elizabeth Henderson
Obaid Butt
Smita Chavan
Ticha Johnson
Jaume Jorba
Tigran Avagyan
Ousmane M. Diop
Sudhir Joshi
Jacquelyn S. Lickness
Jane Iber
Tracie Gardner
Abhijeet Anand
Source :
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. 69(20)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988, the number of polio cases worldwide has declined approximately 99.99%; only two countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan) have never interrupted wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission (1). The primary means of detecting poliovirus circulation is through surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) among children aged

Details

ISSN :
1545861X
Volume :
69
Issue :
20
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....a40fd9a825d48bcb1ec0fa7c50a9093a