Polio eradication: Current status and challenges

For more than two decades mankind has been dreaming of a “polio-free world.” However the dream is yet to be realized owing to various problems related to transmission of wild polio virus transmission as well as vaccine-derived polio virus. These problems are as much scientific as human. The article...

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Autor principal: Bhaumik, Soumyadeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Polio Update
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479012
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.104936
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description For more than two decades mankind has been dreaming of a “polio-free world.” However the dream is yet to be realized owing to various problems related to transmission of wild polio virus transmission as well as vaccine-derived polio virus. These problems are as much scientific as human. The article briefly discusses the current status of polio control across the globe, and various challenges associated with it in a nation-wise manner.
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spelling pubmed-38939652014-01-29 Polio eradication: Current status and challenges Bhaumik, Soumyadeep J Family Med Prim Care Polio Update For more than two decades mankind has been dreaming of a “polio-free world.” However the dream is yet to be realized owing to various problems related to transmission of wild polio virus transmission as well as vaccine-derived polio virus. These problems are as much scientific as human. The article briefly discusses the current status of polio control across the globe, and various challenges associated with it in a nation-wise manner. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3893965/ /pubmed/24479012 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.104936 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Polio eradication: Current status and challenges
title_fullStr Polio eradication: Current status and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Polio eradication: Current status and challenges
title_short Polio eradication: Current status and challenges
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