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Oral poliovirus vaccine in tropical Africa: greater impact on incidence of paralytic disease than expected from coverage surveys and seroconversion rates

During the first 5 years of a poliomyelitis control programme in Yaounde, Cameroon, a maximum of 35% of children aged 12-23 months were estimated to have received three doses of trivalent oral vaccine. Despite this low immunization coverage and low seroconversion rates, which were determined concurr...

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Main Authors: Heymann, D. L., Murphy, K., Brigaud, M., Aymard, M., Tembon, A., Maben, G. K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1987
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2491033/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3500802
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