title: Revision of the national action plan in response to poliovirus importation in Korea.
abstract: The polio outbreak in China in 2011 makes it necessary to revise the 2010 polio National Action Plan (NAP) in Korea. The revised plan was provided after evaluation of the 2010 NAP, literature reviews, and expert advice. It was discussed and confirmed by the Polio National Certificate Committee (NCC). The revised NAP (2012 NAP) has structured the action to take by patient phase and the role of each institution. It also provides the specified classification and management actions on the contacts. It includes a new recommendation of onetime additional immunization for the contacts regardless of the immunization history. The 2012 NAP could provide an effective countermeasure if there are imported poliomyelitis patients in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vaccine Preventable Disease Control and National Immunization Program, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Joon-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yoon Hyung
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Geun-Ryang
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Duk-Hyoung
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Korea; action plan; importation; poliomyelitis