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Laboratory surveillance for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses - worldwide, January 2008-June 2009.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report - 4 Sept 2009
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The Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) isolates and characterizes polioviruses from fecal specimens of persons with acute flaccid paralysis. The network is coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and includes 144 laboratories in 97 countries. Data from the network are used to guide the Global Polio Eradication Initiative by confirming polio cases, detecting and determining the origin of...
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