Update on immunodeficiency-associated vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, July 2018-December 2019/Le point sur les poliovirus derives d'une souche vaccinale associes a une immunodeficience dans le monde, juillet 2018-decembre 2019

Authors :: Macklin, Grace
Diop, Ousmane M.
Humayun, Asghar
Shahmahmoodi, Shohreh
Sayed, Zeinab A. El-
Triki, Henda
Rey, Gloria
Avagyan, Tigran
Grabovac, Varja
Jorba, Jaume
Farag, Noha
Mach, Ondrej
Source :: Weekly Epidemiological Record. July 17, 2020, Vol. 95 Issue 29, p337, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Since establishment of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (1) in 1988, the number of polio cases worldwide has decreased by >99.9%. Extensive use of live attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) [...]

Subjects :: United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vaccines
Disease eradication
Vaccination
Government
Health
World Health Organization

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