Assessing the sensitivity of the polio environmental surveillance system.

Assessing the sensitivity of the polio environmental surveillance system.

<h4>Background</h4>The polio environmental surveillance (ES) system has been an incredible tool for advancing polio eradication efforts because of its ability to highlight the spatial and temporal extent of poliovirus circulation. While ES often outperforms, or is more sensitive than AFP...

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Main Authors: Steve J Kroiss, Maiwand Ahmadzai, Jamal Ahmed, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Michael Famulare, Abdirahman Mahamud, Kevin A McCarthy, Laina D Mercer, Salman Muhammad, Rana M Safdar, Salmaan Sharif, Shahzad Shaukat, Hemant Shukla, Hil Lyons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208336

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208336

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