An assessment of the geographical risks of wild and vaccine-derived poliomyelitis outbreaks in Africa and Asia

An assessment of the geographical risks of wild and vaccine-derived poliomyelitis outbreaks in Africa and Asia

Abstract Background The international spread of wild poliomyelitis outbreaks continues to threaten eradication of poliomyelitis and in 2014 a public health emergency of international concern was declared. Here we describe a risk scoring system that has been used to assess country-level risks of wild...

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Main Authors: Kathleen M. O’Reilly, Christine Lamoureux, Natalie A. Molodecky, Hil Lyons, Nicholas C. Grassly, Graham Tallis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Poliomyelitis
Risk assessment
Regression
Outbreak
Vaccine-derived
Routine immunisation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2443-4

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