Is Polio Eradication Realistic?
- 12 May 2006
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 312 (5775) , 852-854
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1124959
Abstract
Polio may be much more difficult to eradicate than smallpox. Efforts should shift from global eradication to a goal of bringing the disease under control.Keywords
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