Combined OPV and IPV program in control of poliomyelitis in two endemic areas--a potential tool in the struggle to eradicate poliomyelitis.
Success in control of poliomyelitis since 1978 and eradication of cases since 1988 in Gaza and the West Bank was achieved by use of a combination of oral polio vaccine and inactivated polio vaccine despite presence of the wild virus in the environment and among visitors from endemic areas. This approach may be a useful strategy in the international struggle to control or eradicate poliomyelitis.
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Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.
D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*; D017778:Vaccines, Combined
D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D017778:Vaccines, Combined