Wild poliovirus outbreak in Afghanistan: A wake-up call for global health experts

Usman Ayub Awan¹, Muhammad Wasif Malik², Shehrish Kamran³, Haroon Ahmed⁴, Mohsina Haq⁵, Muhammad Sohail Afzal³

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¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Electronic address: usman.ayub111@gmail.com.
² Field Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Division, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Peshawar Medical College, Prime Foundation, Riphah International University, Islamabad Pakistan.

PMID: 35259420
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.03.002

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Wild poliovirus outbreak in Afghanistan: A wake-up call for global health experts

Usman Ayub Awan et al. J Infect. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;84(6):834-872.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 Mar 6.

Authors

Usman Ayub Awan¹, Muhammad Wasif Malik², Shehrish Kamran³, Haroon Ahmed⁴, Mohsina Haq⁵, Muhammad Sohail Afzal³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Electronic address: usman.ayub111@gmail.com.
² Field Epidemiology & Disease Surveillance Division, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Peshawar Medical College, Prime Foundation, Riphah International University, Islamabad Pakistan.

PMID: 35259420
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.03.002

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Keywords: Afghan refugees; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Polio eradication.

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Declaration of Competing Interest We declare no competing interest.

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The negative impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on immunization and the positive impact on Polio eradication in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Rana MS, Usman MM, Ikram A, Salman M, Zaidi SSZ, Umair M. Rana MS, et al. J Infect. 2022 Aug;85(2):174-211. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.04.039. Epub 2022 Apr 29. J Infect. 2022. PMID: 35490735 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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War-torn Afghanistan - potential risk to the polio eradication efforts: A call for global concern!
Awan UA, Malik MW, Ahmed H, Hassan U, Khan AS, Bashir S, Afzal MS. Awan UA, et al. J Infect. 2021 Dec;83(6):709-737. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.004. Epub 2021 Oct 7. J Infect. 2021. PMID: 34626698 No abstract available.

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