Article
Immunity status to polioviruses among non-European union immigrants in Veneto Region (North-East Italy).
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jan 2000
Trivello R, Ngatchu T, Marin V, Moretti G, Malatesta R, Maini P, Moschen M E, Baldo V, De Marzi L, Majori S, Puppo A, Renzulli G
Abstract excerpt
Widespread use of poliovirus vaccines has lead to a dramatic decline on the incidence of paralytic poliomyelitis in the Western Hemisphere. In Italy, the use of live attenuated vaccine (OPV) has lead to virtual eradication of poliomyelitis. However, wild poliovirus is still endemic in some less developed countries, and there is still a risk of importation of wild-virus poliomyelitis as result of immigration from...
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