Poliomyelitis surveillance: the model used in India for polio eradication

Poliomyelitis surveillance: the model used in India for polio eradication

Poliomyelitis surveillance in India previously involved the passive reporting of clinically suspected cases. The capacity for detecting the disease was limited because there was no surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). In October 1997, 59 specially trained Surveillance Medical Officers were...

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Main Authors: Kaushik Banerjee, W. Gary Hlady, Jon K. Andrus, Sobhan Sarkar, John Fitzsimmons, Palitha Abeykoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2000-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
epidemiological surveillance
India
poliomyelitis
paralysis
classification and epidemiology
programme development
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000300007&lng=en&tlng=en

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