Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Pakistan, 2014–2017

Effect of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Campaigns, Pakistan, 2014–2017

Pakistan began using inactivated poliovirus vaccine alongside oral vaccine in mass campaigns to accelerate eradication of wild-type poliovirus in 2014. Using case-based and environmental surveillance data for January 2014–October 2017, we found that these campaigns reduced wild-type poliovirus detec...

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Main Authors: Nicholas C. Grassly, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Rana M. Safdar, Abdirahman Sheikh Mahamud, Roland W. Sutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
disease eradication
poliomyelitis
poliovirus vaccine
inactivated
public health
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/11/18-0050_article

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