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CDC reports on progress toward eradication in Nigeria.(Brief Article)
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July 03, 2002 |
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2002 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nigeria has greatly improved its surveillance system for polio in the past 2 years, and should place Nigeria on the verge of interrupting poliovirus transmission.
Nigeria is one of three global poliovirus reservoirs where low routine oral poliovirus vaccine coverage and high population density favor poliovirus transmission.
From January 2000-March 2002, Nigeria made great improvements in its acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system. Key ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, CDC reports on progress toward eradication in Nigeria.(Brief Article)