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The 1957 Epidemic of Poliomyelitis in Belfast
D. S. DANE, B.A., M.B. (Cantab.), Lecturer in Microbiology, Queen's University, Belfast with MOYA BRIGGS, B.Sc., and R. T. NELSON, A.I.M.L.T. IN the summer and early autumn of 1957 there was an epidemic of type 1 poliomyelitis in Northern Ireland. The principle area involved was Belfast County Borough (population approximately 450,000), where there were 162 cases of acute poliomyelitis, of whic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports (1896-1970)
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0094-6214
DOI: 10.2307/4589923