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Poliomyelitis
Studies from A.M. Depalma and colleagues provide new data on poliomyelitis
May 21st, 2008
According to a study from Louvain, Belgium, "In 1988, the World Health Assembly launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which aimed to use largescale vaccination with the oral vaccine to eradicate polio worldwide by the year 2000. Although important progress has been made, polio remains endemic in several countries." "Also, the current control measures will likely be inadequate to deal with problems that may arise in the postpolio era. A panel convoked by the National Research Council concluded that the use of antiviral drugs may be essential in the polio eradication strategy," wrote A.M. Depalma and colleagues. The researchers concluded:...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-21)
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