Assessing the impact of the Lebanese National Polio Immunization Campaign using a population-based computational model

• Main Authors: Ali Alawieh (Author), Zahraa Sabra (Author), E. Farris Langley (Author), Abdul Rahman Bizri (Author), Randa Hamadeh (Author), Fadi A. Zaraket (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background After the re-introduction of poliovirus to Syria in 2013, Lebanon was considered at high transmission risk due to its proximity to Syria and the high number of Syrian refugees. However, after a large-scale national immunization initiative, Lebanon was able to prevent a potential...