TITLE

Certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis

PUB. DATE
January 1996
SOURCE
Bulletin of the World Health Organization;1996, Vol. 74 Issue 1, p109
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the global eradication of poliomyelitis. Basis for global eradication; Principles for the certification of global poliomyelitis eradication programs; Surveillance for wild polioviruses.
ACCESSION #
9702144892

Tags: POLIOMYELITIS -- Prevention

 

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