Modelling Risk to US Military Populations from Stopping Blanket Mandatory Polio Vaccination

Objectives. Transmission of polio poses a threat to military forces when deploying to regions where such viruses are endemic. US-born soldiers generally enter service with immunity resulting from childhood immunization against polio; moreover, new recruits are routinely vaccinated with inactivated p...

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Main Authors: Colleen Burgess, Andrew Burgess, Kellie McMullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7981645