Background Ghana recorded the last case of indigenous wild poliovirus in 1999 but suffered
two more outbreaks in 2003 and 2008. Following the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Background. Acute enterovirus (EV) meningitis is a major cause of hospitalization among
adults and children. It is caused by multiple EV genotypes assigned to 4 species (EV-A, EV …

Imported malaria threatens control and elimination efforts in countries that have low rates of
transmission. In 2010, an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria was reported among …

Enteroviruses continue to fascinate taxonomists, molecular biologists and physicians. Their
small size, nondescript appearance and simple genomic structure belies their biological …

Introduction: Human enteroviruses are common in children causing asymptomatic infections
ranging from mild to severe illnesses. In Ghana, information on the prevalence of non-polio …

Background The global switch from trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to bivalent OPV in
April 2016 without corresponding co-administration of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) …

Viral infections, ranging from the common cold to severe illnesses like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and
SARS-CoV-2, are a major public health concern. The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical …

Poliomyelitis is one of such diseases as measles and dracunculiasis that can be eradicated,
because it meets the criteria for eradicable diseases: being infectious, having humans as …

Poliomyelitis, a disease which can manifest as muscle paralysis, is caused by the poliovirus,
which is a human enterovirus and member of the family Picornaviridae that usually transmits …

Abstract Introduction: As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) moves towards
achieving the goal of polio eradication, environmental surveillance which investigates polio …