Epidemiological Surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis for Eradication of Poliomyelitis (A Brief Review)

In May 1988 the World Health Assembly set to World Health Organization (WHO) the goal to achieve a global eradication of poliomyelitis by the year 2000. Surveillance of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) remains the ‘gold standard’ for the detection of polio. The criterion of sensitivity of the surve...

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Main Authors: Simeonova I., Mladenova I., Patel A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2024-03-01
Series:Acta Medica Bulgarica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2024-0010