Journal article
The importance of social networking in a national polio vaccine Campaign
The May 28, 2013 isolation of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in routine sewage samples signaled the beginning of the first protracted incident of WPV1 transmission in Israel since 1988. A door-to-door catch-up vaccination program with inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was initiated in the area where the isolations were first identified. Although no cases of paralytic illness were diagnosed, evidence of continued and widespread transmission among children ine from June through October 2013, 1 (K.L.) as a volunteer and the other (L.R.) as a representative of the Min
Authors
Languages
- English
Publication year
2016
Journal
Pediatrics
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Service delivery
Diseases
- Polio
Countries
- Israel
Tags
- Communications
- Coverage monitoring
- IPV
- OPV
WHO Regions
- European Region