Establishing Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance under Difficult Circumstances: Lessons Learned in Cambodia
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Establishing acute flaccid paralysis surveillance under difficult circumstances: lessons learned in Cambodia.
The implementation of the World Health Organization's recommended strategies for polio eradication, particularly acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, can be limited by difficult circumstances beyond the control of immunization personnel. In Cambodia, however, obstacles to establishing AFP surveillance were rapidly overcome using a strategy that improved reporting through active surveilla...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.supplement_1.s173