Ten years polio-free: anniversary in the World Health Organization European Region.
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In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region was declared polio-free [1]. This week, 21-27 April 2012, the seventh European Immunization Week highlights the ten-year anniversary of the polio-free status [2]. In spite of a large outbreak of imported wild poliovirus in Tajikistan in 2010, the Region has retained its polio-free status, as confirmed by the European Regional Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication in August 2011 [3].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 17 17 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012