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. 2018 Nov;23(47):1800625.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.47.1800625.

Polio eradication: next steps and future challenges

Maria Zambon  1 , Javier Martin  2
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Polio eradication: next steps and future challenges

Maria Zambon et al. Euro Surveill. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: bOPV; polio; polio biocontainment, Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV), inactivated polio vaccine (IPV); polio eradication; polio vaccine; poliomyelitis; tOPV; vaccination.

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