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