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Oct 09, 2013

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Statins for ICU pneumonia patients
Japanese encephalitis vaccine
Community engagement in polio fight
Oct 07, 2013

News Scan for Oct 07, 2013

H5N1 death in Indonesia
Bomb attack on polio workers
Hand sanitizer benefits in schools
Resistance monitoring in India
Health disparities in Europe
Oct 01, 2013

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More Saudi MERS cases
Boston BSL-4 lab clears hurdle
Colorado TB investigation
Hepatitis C screening
Polio in South Sudan
Sep 30, 2013

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Vaccine exemptions and pertussis
Resistant enterococci in ICUs
Dengue outbreak in Pakistan
Polio in Pakistan
Sep 26, 2013

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Flu vaccine strain selection
Electronic lab reporting
European polio risk
Emergency Twitter Alerts
Sep 25, 2013

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More polio in Pakistan
Raw cheese E coli outbreak
UN malaria campaign
TB spread in households
Sep 20, 2013

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Anthrax antitoxin orders
H7N7 risk assessment
Poliovirus in Palestine
Malaria drug ban
Sep 19, 2013

News Scan for Sep 19, 2013

Canadian SARS leader dies
Polio risk in Africa
MDR/XDR-TB in Europe
Sep 10, 2013

News Scan for Sep 10, 2013

Possible MERS vaccine candidate
US Cyclospora cases
More poliovirus in Israel
UK drug-resistance plan
Sep 09, 2013

News Scan for Sep 09, 2013

Possible MERS drug treatment
DTaP vaccination and pertussis risk
H5N1 hurts Nepal economy
Polio efforts in Nigeria
All Polio News

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Abimbola S, Malik AU, Mansoor GF. Final push for polio eradication: addressing the challenge of violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. PLoS Med 2013 Oct 8;10(10):e1001529

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PLoS One Med

Anis E, Kopel E, Singer SR, et al. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013. Euro Surveill 2013 Sep 19;18(38):pii=20586  

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Euro Surveill

CDC. Assessing the risks for poliovirus outbreaks in polio-free countries—Africa, 2012-2013. MMWR 2013 (published online Sep 20) 

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MMWR

CDC. Evaluating surveillance indicators supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative 2011-2012. MMWR 2013 Apr 12;62(14):270-4

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MMWR

CDC. Notes from the field: outbreak of poliomyelitis — Somalia and Kenya, May 2013. MMWR 2013 Jun 14;62(23):484

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MMWR

CDC. Progress toward eradication of polio—worldwide, January 2011-March 2013. MMWR 2013 May 3;62(17):335-8

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MMWR

CDC. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) Program - 1999-2013. MMWR 2013 Jun 21;62(24):501-3

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MMWR

Closser S, Jooma R. Why we must provide better support for Pakistan's female frontline health workers. PLoS Med 2103 (published online Oct 8)

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PLoS One Med

Davis R, Biellik R. Inactivated polio vaccine: its proposed role in the final stages of polio eradication. Pan Afr Med J 2013 Apr 13;14:102

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Pan Afr Med J

John TJ, Vashishtha VM. Eradicating poliomyelitis: India's journey from hyperendemic to polio-free status. Indian J Med Res 2013 May 1;137(5):881-94

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Indian J Med Res

Khetsuriani N, Pallansch MA, Jabirov S, et al. Population immunity to polioviruses in the context of a large-scale wild poliovirus type 1 outbreak in Tajikistan, 2010. Vaccine 2013 (published online Jul 24)

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Vaccine

Owais A, Khowaja AR, Ali SA, et al. Pakistan's expanded programme on immunization: an overview in the context of polio eradication and strategies for improving coverage. Vaccine 2013 Jul 18;31(33):3313-9

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