Poliovirus immunity among children under five years-old in accessible areas of Afghanistan, 2013

Afghanistan remains among the three countries with endemic wild poliovirus transmission, and high population immunity levels are required to interrupt transmission and prevent outbreaks. Surveillance and vaccination of children in Afghanistan have been challenging due to security issues limiting acc...

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Published in:Vaccine 2019-03, Vol.37 (12), p.1577-1583
Main Authors: Hsu, Christopher H., Wannemuehler, Kathleen A., Soofi, Sajid, Mashal, Mohd, Hussain, Imtiaz, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., McDuffie, Larin, Weldon, William, Farag, Noha H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accessibility
Afghanistan
Age
Antibodies
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Demographics
Diarrhea
Disease transmission
Education
Enumeration
Eradication
Estimates
Female
Geography, Medical
Health Services Accessibility
Hemoglobin
Herd immunity
History, 21st Century
Humans
Immunity
Immunization Programs
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Laboratories
Male
Malnutrition
Nutrition research
Outbreaks
Parent educational background
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis - epidemiology
Poliomyelitis - history
Poliomyelitis - immunology
Poliomyelitis - prevention & control
Poliovirus
Poliovirus - classification
Poliovirus - immunology
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral
Population
Public Health Surveillance
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serogroup
Serosurvey
Serotypes
Vaccination
Vaccines
Viruses
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Summary:Afghanistan remains among the three countries with endemic wild poliovirus transmission, and high population immunity levels are required to interrupt transmission and prevent outbreaks. Surveillance and vaccination of children in Afghanistan have been challenging due to security issues limiting accessibility in certain areas. A serosurvey was conducted in 2013 within accessible enumeration areas (EAs) among children aged
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.02.008