Spatial Dynamics and High Risk Transmission Pathways of Poliovirus in Nigeria 2001-2013.

The polio eradication programme in Nigeria has been successful in reducing incidence to just six confirmed cases in 2014 and zero to date in 2015, but prediction and management of future outbreaks remains a concern. A Poisson mixed effects model was used to describe poliovirus spread between January...

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Main Authors: Tara D Mangal, R Bruce Aylward, Faisal Shuaib, Michael Mwanza, Muhammed A Pate, Emmanuel Abanida, Nicholas C Grassly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5036822?pdf=render