Potential Use of Antiviral Agents in Polio Eradication

In 1988, the World Health Assembly launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which aimed to use large-scale vaccination with the oral vaccine to eradicate polio worldwide by the year 2000. Although important progress has been made, polio remains endemic in several countries. Also, the curren...

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Main Authors: Armando M. De Palma, Gerhard Pürstinger, Eva Wimmer, Amy K. Patick, Koen Andries, Bart Rombaut, Erik De Clercq, Johan Neyts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-0439_article