title: Combined OPV and IPV program in control of poliomyelitis in two endemic areas--a potential tool in the struggle to eradicate poliomyelitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tulchinsky
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral; D017778:Vaccines, Combined