Excluding polio in areas of inadequate surveillance in the final stages of eradication in China

Excluding polio in areas of inadequate surveillance in the final stages of eradication in China

In 1996, China adopted a virological classification of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases for its surveillance system. Only AFP cases with wild poliovirus in stool specimens are confirmed as polio. Cases with adequate stool specimens that are negative for wild poliovirus are not counted. This paper...

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Main Authors:	E.J. Hoekstra, Chai Feng, Wang Xiao-jun, Zhang Xing-lu, Yu Jing-jin, J. Bilous
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization
Series:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:	poliomyelitis paralysis epidemiological surveillance disease notification china
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862000000300006&lng=en&tlng=en

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