title: Polio eradication: how long and how much to the end?
abstract: Eradication of poliomyelitis seems to be more feasible than ever. During recent years the strategy has reached milestone goals, faced new challenges, and re-configured by itself. In this text we describe the current situation of the polio eradication efforts worldwide and present an analysis of the potential implications and needs regarding vaccination in the coming years.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de México, S.A. de C.V. (BIRMEX), Mexico.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Álvarez
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Corona
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervantes-Rosales
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ponce de León-Rosales
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014943:Global Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D011055:Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
keywords: Eradication; Oral polio vaccine; Poliomyelitis