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Transmission of Imported Vaccine‐Derived Poliovirus in an Undervaccinated Community in Minnesota

DOI

100

Citations

31

References

2008

Year

James P. Alexander, Kristen Ehresmann, Jane F. Seward, Gary Wax, Kathleen Harriman, Susan Fuller, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Qi Chen, Jaume Jorba, Olen M. Kew,
The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

This is the first demonstrated transmission of VDPV in an undervaccinated community in a developed country. Continued vigilance is needed in all countries to identify poliovirus infections in communities at high risk of poliovirus transmission.

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