title: Epidemiology of poliomyelitis in a slum of Bombay.
abstract: A disease prevalence and immunization coverage survey in a typical slum in Bombay in the year 1988 revealed 93 children with residual poliomyelitis amongst 14,439 children below 9 years of age, indicating high (33.0/100,000 population) annual incidence of poliomyelitis. Only 62 (66.6%) of these 93 lame children sought admission in hospital during the acute phase of illness. The high incidence was attributed to a low immunization (OPV) coverage level in the most vulnerable age group. The immunization coverage for 3 doses of oral polio vaccine below 2 years of age was 43.5%. A large number of children were not commencing their immunization schedule at the right age. The survey indicated a poor "community participation" in the immunization programmes due to a poor "health awareness".
authors.affiliation: Enterovirus Research Centre (ICMR), Parel, Bombay.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Mandke
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Naik
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006266:Health Education; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D011203:Poverty
chemical_list: D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated