Vaccine preventable viral diseases and risks associated with waterborne transmission

Rotavirus and poliovirus are paradigmatic viruses for causing major diseases affecting the human population. The impact of poliovirus is remarkably diminished because of vaccination during the last half century. Poliomyelitis due to wild polio currently affects a limited number of countries, and sin...

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Main Authors: Franco Maria Ruggeri, Lucia Fiore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2012-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712012000400012&lng=en&tlng=en