Article
Importation and outbreak of wild polioviruses from 2000 to 2014 and interruption of transmission in Cameroon.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2016
Endegue-Zanga Marie Claire, Sadeuh-Mba Serge Alain, Iber Jane, Burns Cara C, Moeletsi Nicksy Gumede, Baba Marycelin, Bukbuk David, Delpeyroux Francis, Mengouo Marcellin Nimpa, Demanou Maurice, Vernet Guy, Etoa François-Xavier, Njouom Richard
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BACKGROUND: Efficient implementation of the global eradication strategies consisting of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance and mass immunization campaigns led to interruption of indigenous wild poliovirus transmission in Cameroon in 1999. OBJECTIVES: This study describes type 1 and type 3 wild poliovirus (WPV) importation, incidence, geographic distribution and control since the original interruption of...
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