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  Global Polio Eradication: Opportunities and Challenges

  By Durgadas Govind N.

  Abstract: Poliomyelitis (polio) is a disease of public health importance that occurs mainly in children. In a small percent of infected children, the virus invades central nervous system that could result in paralysis. Now, the global eradication of polio is considered to be in the final stage. By 2002, three World Health Organization (WHO) regions (the Americas, Western Pacific and European regions) had been certified as polio-free. Since the start of …

  Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 8–12 Read article →