Starting well before Independence in 1948, and over the ensuing six decades, Israel has
built a robust, relatively efficient public system of health care, resulting in good health …

Although rates of seroconversion following administration of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine
(TOPV) approach 100% in industrialized countries, only 73%(range, 36%–99%) and …

With more than 2 years having elapsed since the last case of paralytic poliomyelitis occurred
in the Western Hemisphere, significant progress has been made towards the global …

Abstract 8 newborn babies with airways inflammation, who were mechanically ventilated,
underwent bronchoalveolar lavage to examine the fate of neutrophils in the inflamed …

Many countries have made use of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in their national
poliovirus control programs since 1955. Until 1961 IPV was the only vaccine available for …

Highlights•2012 had the lowest number of polio cases in the lowest number of
countries.•Outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus have increased and are mostly due to …

Undernutrition is estimated to affect over 800 million individuals, or more than one in ten
persons on Earth [1]. This number includes those who are undernourished based on …

Abstract From January, 1988, to March, 1989, a widespread outbreak (118 cases) of
poliomyelitis type 1 occurred in Oman. Incidence of paralytic disease was highest in children …

Sanitation, food control, vaccines, and antibiotics have reduced the toll of communicable
diseases, saving millions of lives. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977, and poliomyelitis …

In many developing countries, the immunogenicity of three doses of live, attenuated, oral
poliovirus vaccine (OPV) is lower than that in industrialised countries. We evaluated serum …