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A Statistical Model of the International Spread of Wild Poliovirus in Africa Used to Predict and Prevent Outbreaks

BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of poliomyelitis in African countries that were previously free of wild-type poliovirus cost the Global Polio Eradication Initiative US$850 million during 2003–2009, and have limited the ability of the program to focus on endemic countries. A quantitative understanding of the f...

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Autores principales: O'Reilly, Kathleen M., Chauvin, Claire, Aylward, R. Bruce, Maher, Chris, Okiror, Sam, Wolff, Chris, Nshmirimana, Deo, Donnelly, Christl A., Grassly, Nicholas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001109