Acute flaccid paralysis laboratorial surveillance in a polio-free country: Brazil, 2005–2014

Acute flaccid paralysis laboratorial surveillance in a polio-free country: Brazil, 2005–2014

The last case of paralytic poliomyelitis caused by wild poliovirus in Brazil occurred in 1989. The interruption of the indigenous poliovirus transmission was obtained through mass immunization campaigns to eligible children and an active epidemiological and laboratorial surveillance of all cases of...

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Main Authors: Ivanildo P. Sousa, Fernanda M. Burlandy, Silas S. Oliveira, Amanda M. Nunes, Cristiane Sousa, Elaine M. da Silva, Jaqueline G. A. Souza, Valdemar A. de Paula, Ivone C. M. Oliveira, Fernando Neto Tavares, Eliane V. da Costa, Edson Elias da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
acute flaccid paralysis
enterovirus
global polio eradication initiative
poliovirus
surveillance
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1236164

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1236164

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