Challenges ahead for Polio free India
Keywords:
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), trivalent OPV (tOPV), Wild poliovirus (WPV)
Abstract
India has been officially removed from the list of Polio endemic countries a year ahead. It has been a long journey of many years from being Polio endemic to Polio free country. Still work has not been completed. There are many challenges we are still facing in this Polio free era.
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CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2014.i01.15
Published: 2014-02-28
How to Cite
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sabde Y. Challenges ahead for Polio free India. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2014Feb.28 [cited 2024Jul.3];2(1):74-6. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/63
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