Global polio perspective

M Steven Oberste; Howard L Lipton

doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000426

Global polio perspective

Neurology. 2014 May 20;82(20):1831-2. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000426.

Authors

M Steven Oberste¹, Howard L Lipton²

Affiliations

¹ From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (M.S.O.), Atlanta, GA; and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (H.L.L.), University of Illinois at Chicago.
² From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (M.S.O.), Atlanta, GA; and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (H.L.L.), University of Illinois at Chicago. hlipton@uic.edu.

Abstract

The results of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative that began in 1988 when there was transmission of 350,000 polio cases in 125 countries and has culminated in endemic transmission of only 223 polio cases in 3 countries in 2012 are reviewed.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Global Health*
Humans
Poliomyelitis / epidemiology*
Poliomyelitis / transmission
Poliovirus Vaccines*
Population Surveillance

Substances

Poliovirus Vaccines

Grants and funding

R01 NS077755/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States