Excluding polio in areas of inadequate surveillance in the final stages of eradication in China

• मुख्य लेखकों: E.J. Hoekstra (लेखक), Chai Feng (लेखक), Wang Xiao-jun (लेखक), Zhang Xing-lu (लेखक), Yu Jing-jin (लेखक), J. Bilous (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: The World Health Organization.
• विषय: article
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In 1996, China adopted a virological classification of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases for its surveillance system. Only AFP cases with wild poliovirus in stool specimens are confirmed as polio. Cases with adequate stool specimens that are negative for wild poliovirus are not counted. This paper...