Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis in Brazil, 1989-1995

At the present time, the only poliovirus-caused poliomyelitis cases reported in Brazil and other countries of the Americas are of vaccine etiology. It is important for epidemiological surveillance and immunization programs to evaluate the epidemiological profile of cases of vaccine-associated paraly...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Helena de Oliveira, Claudio José Struchiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2000-04-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892000000400002&lng=en&tlng=en