Open AccessSeroprevalence of Anti-polio Antibodies in Children From Polio High-risk Areas of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Imtiaz Hussain,
Ondrej Mach,
Atif Habib,
Zaid Shakoor Bhatti,
Zamir Suhag,
M. Steven Oberste,
William C. Weldon,
Roland W. Sutter,
Sajid Bashir Soofi,
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000001622
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , poliovirus , medicine , poliomyelitis , polio vaccination , vaccination , polio vaccine , herd immunity , venipuncture , transmission (telecommunications) , serology , poliomyelitis eradication , environmental health , antibody , virology , immunology , virus , surgery , electrical engineering , engineering
Pakistan is one of the 3 remaining wild poliovirus endemic countries. We collected sera from children to assess the prevalence of poliovirus antibodies in selected high-risk areas for poliovirus transmission.