Surveillance systems to track progress toward global polio eradication - worldwide, 2012-2013.

Volume: 63, Issue: 16, Pages: 356 - 61
Published: Apr 25, 2014
Abstract
In 2012, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared completion of polio eradication a programmatic emergency. Polio cases are detected through surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases and subsequent testing of stool specimens for polioviruses (PVs) at WHO-accredited laboratories within the Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN). AFP surveillance is supplemented by environmental surveillance, testing...
Paper Details
Title
Surveillance systems to track progress toward global polio eradication - worldwide, 2012-2013.
Published Date
Apr 25, 2014
Journal
Volume
63
Issue
16
Pages
356 - 61
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