title: Update on polio eradication in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013.
abstract: There has been a tremendous amount of progress toward polio eradication in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region particularly over the past 4 years. In 1988, there were >25,000 reported cases of wild poliovirus infection in the South-East Asia Region, and because of substantial underreporting the estimated polio burden was probably 10-fold higher. Following the initiation of mass polio immunization campaigns in the mid-1990s and years of intense effort, the 11 countries of the South-East Asia Region reported no cases of wild poliovirus infection in 2012. With India reporting the last wild poliovirus case in the region, on 13 January 2011, and its subsequent removal from the list of polio-endemic countries, in February 2012, the South-East Asia Region is firmly on track for polio-free certification in early 2014.
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Patrick Michael
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allison
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.affiliation: National Polio Surveillance Project, World Health Organization Country Office for India, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahl
authors.affiliation: South-East Asia Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
authors.forename: Supamit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chunsuittiwat
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Mainul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Zainul
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Immunization and Vaccine Development, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia.
authors.forename: Tika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sedai
mesh_terms: D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D060740:Disease Eradication; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines
keywords: South-East Asia; certification; eradication; polio