Polio eradication, cessation of vaccination and re-emergence of disease
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Estimating the Risk of Re-Emergence after Stopping Polio Vaccination
Live vaccination against polio has effectively prevented outbreaks in most developed countries for more than 40 years, and there remain only a few countries where outbreaks of poliomyelitis by the wild strain still threaten the community. It is expected that worldwide eradication will be eventually achieved through careful surveillance and a well-managed immunization program. The present paper ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Microbiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1740-1526,1740-1534
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro906