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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2018–March 2020 by Chard, Anna N, Datta, S. Deblina, Tallis, Graham, Burns, Cara C, Wassilak, Steven G.F, Vertefeuille, John F, Zaffran, Michel

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Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, January 2020-June 2021 by Alleman, Mary M, Jorba, Jaume, Henderson, Elizabeth, Diop, Ousmane M, Shaukat, Shahzad, Traoré, Mohamed A, Wiesen, Eric, Wassilak, Steven G F, Burns, Cara C

“…As of May 1, 2016, use of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) type 2 for routine and supplementary immunization activities ceased after a synchronized global switch…”
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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2017–March 2019 by Greene, Sharon A., Ahmed, Jamal, Datta, S. Deblina, Burns, Cara C., Quddus, Arshad, Vertefeuille, John F., Wassilak, Steven G.F.

“…Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) began in 1988, transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has been interrupted in all countries except…”
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Worldwide, January 2022-December 2023 by Geiger, Keri, Stehling-Ariza, Tasha, Bigouette, John Paul, Bennett, Sarah D, Burns, Cara C, Quddus, Arshad, Wassilak, Steven G F, Bolu, Omotayo

“…In 1988, poliomyelitis (polio) was targeted for eradication. Global efforts have led to the eradication of two of the three wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes…”
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Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, January 2020-April 2022 by Rachlin, Audrey, Patel, Jaymin C, Burns, Cara C, Jorba, Jaume, Tallis, Graham, O'Leary, Aidan, Wassilak, Steven G F, Vertefeuille, John F

“…In 1988, the World Health Assembly established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). Since then, wild poliovirus (WPV) cases have decreased…”
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Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, January 2023-June 2024 by Namageyo-Funa, Apophia, Greene, Sharon A, Henderson, Elizabeth, Traoré, Mohamed A, Shaukat, Shahzad, Bigouette, John Paul, Jorba, Jaume, Wiesen, Eric, Bolu, Omotayo, Diop, Ousmane M, Burns, Cara C, Wassilak, Steven G F

“…Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) can emerge and lead to outbreaks of paralytic polio as well as asymptomatic transmission in communities with…”
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Surveillance to Track Progress Toward Polio Eradication - Worldwide, 2018-2019 by Lickness, Jacquelyn S, Gardner, Tracie, Diop, Ousmane M, Chavan, Smita, Jorba, Jaume, Ahmed, Jamal, Gumede, Nicksy, Johnson, Ticha, Butt, Obaid, Asghar, Humayun, Saxentoff, Eugene, Grabovac, Varja, Avagyan, Tigran, Joshi, Sudhir, Rey-Benito, Gloria, Iber, Jane, Henderson, Elizabeth, Wassilak, Steven G F, Anand, Abhijeet

“…Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched in 1988, the number of polio cases worldwide has declined approximately 99.99%; only two…”
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Modeling Poliovirus Transmission in Borno and Yobe, Northeast Nigeria by Kalkowska, Dominika A., Franka, Richard, Higgins, Jeff, Kovacs, Stephanie D., Forbi, Joseph C., Wassilak, Steven G. F., Pallansch, Mark A., Thompson, Kimberly M.

“…Beginning in 2013, multiple local government areas (LGAs) in Borno and Yobe in northeast Nigeria and other parts of the Lake Chad basin experienced a violent…”
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An economic analysis of poliovirus risk management policy options for 2013-2052 by Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J, Pallansch, Mark A, Cochi, Stephen L, Wassilak, Steven G F, Thompson, Kimberly M

“…The Global Polio Eradication Initiative plans for coordinated cessation of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) after interrupting all wild poliovirus (WPV)…”
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Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Evolution and Insights Relevant to Modeling the Risks of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses (cVDPVs) by Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J., Pallansch, Mark A., Kim, Jong-Hoon, Burns, Cara C., Kew, Olen M., Oberste, M. Steven, Diop, Ousmane M., Wassilak, Steven G.F., Cochi, Stephen L., Thompson, Kimberly M.

“…The live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) provides a powerful tool for controlling and stopping the transmission of wild polioviruses (WPVs), although…”
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Economic analysis of the global polio eradication initiative by Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J, Pallansch, Mark A, Cochi, Stephen L, Wassilak, Steven G.F, Linkins, Jennifer, Sutter, Roland W, Aylward, R. Bruce, Thompson, Kimberly M

“…Abstract The global polio eradication initiative (GPEI), which started in 1988, represents the single largest, internationally coordinated public health…”
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Review and Assessment of Poliovirus Immunity and Transmission: Synthesis of Knowledge Gaps and Identification of Research Needs by Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J., Pallansch, Mark A., Chumakov, Konstantin M., Halsey, Neal A., Hovi, Tapani, Minor, Philip D., Modlin, John F., Patriarca, Peter A., Sutter, Roland W., Wright, Peter F., Wassilak, Steven G.F., Cochi, Stephen L., Kim, Jong-Hoon, Thompson, Kimberly M.

“…With the intensifying global efforts to eradicate wild polioviruses, policymakers face complex decisions related to achieving eradication and managing…”
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Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication - Worldwide, January 2021-March 2023 by Lee, Scarlett E, Greene, Sharon A, Burns, Cara C, Tallis, Graham, Wassilak, Steven G F, Bolu, Omotayo

“…Since the World Health Assembly established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, two of the three wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes (types 2…”
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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2019–June 2021 by Bigouette, John Paul, Wilkinson, Amanda L, Tallis, Graham, Burns, Cara C, Wassilak, Steven G.F, Vertefeuille, John F

“…What is already known about this topic? Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) remains endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type…”
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Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, July 2019-February 2020 by Alleman, Mary M, Jorba, Jaume, Greene, Sharon A, Diop, Ousmane M, Iber, Jane, Tallis, Graham, Goel, Ajay, Wiesen, Eric, Wassilak, Steven G F, Burns, Cara C

“…Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) can emerge in areas with low poliovirus immunity and cause outbreaks* of paralytic polio (1-5). Among the…”
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Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks — Worldwide, January 2018–June 2019 by Jorba, Jaume, Diop, Ousmane M., Iber, Jane, Henderson, Elizabeth, Zhao, Kun, Quddus, Arshad, Sutter, Roland, Vertefeuille, John F., Wenger, Jay, Wassilak, Steven G.F., Pallansch, Mark A., Burns, Cara C.

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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, 2015–2016 by Morales, Michelle, Tangermann, Rudolf H., Wassilak, Steven G.F.

“…In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. Wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission persists in only two countries (Afghanistan and…”
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Update on Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks - Worldwide, January 2021-December 2022 by Bigouette, John Paul, Henderson, Elizabeth, Traoré, Mohamed A, Wassilak, Steven G F, Jorba, Jaume, Mahoney, Frank, Bolu, Omotayo, Diop, Ousmane M, Burns, Cara C

“…Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) outbreaks* can occur when oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV, containing one or more Sabin-strain serotypes 1, 2, and…”
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Effect of time at temperature on wild poliovirus titers in stool specimens by Walker, Allison Taylor, Williams, Alford J, Gary, Howard E, Pallansch, Mark A, Wassilak, Steven G.F, Oberste, M. Steven

“…Abstract Background The effect of transport temperature on the viability of poliovirus in stool specimens from paralyzed cases has not been tested. Quality…”
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Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2016–March 2018 by Khan, Farrah, Datta, S. Deblina, Quddus, Arshad, Vertefeuille, John F., Burns, Cara C., Jorba, Jaume, Wassilak, Steven G.F.

“…In 1988, when an estimated 350,000 cases of poliomyelitis occurred in 125 countries, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate polio globally…”
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