Open AccessThe importance of maintaining high coverage polio vaccination beyond global eradication of wild type poliomyelitis
Author(s) -
Tapani Hovi,
Steven G. F. Wassilak
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.04.02372-en
Subject(s) - poliomyelitis , poliomyelitis eradication , vaccination , disease eradication , polio vaccination , virology , medicine , environmental health , poliovirus , disease , virus
In 1988, the World Health Assembly established the goal of eradication of poliomyelitis by 2000. At the time, there were approximately 350 000 cases in 125 countries