Global polio perspective.
The results of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative that began in 1988 when there was transmission of 350,000 polio cases in 125 countries and has culminated in endemic transmission of only 223 polio cases in 3 countries in 2012 are reviewed.
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (M.S.O.), Atlanta, GA; and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (H.L.L.), University of Illinois at Chicago.
M Steven
MS
Oberste
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (M.S.O.), Atlanta, GA; and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (H.L.L.), University of Illinois at Chicago. hlipton@uic.edu.
Howard L
HL
Lipton
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines; D011159:Population Surveillance
D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines