Canadians planning a trip to Haiti or the Dominican Republic should take a trip to their local
health unit before they leave, because Health Canada has advised all travellers to ensure …

Mass immunisation against poliomyelitis using principally oral live attenuated trivalent
vaccine (OPV) has eradicated wild-type poliovirus transmission in the industrialised …

Objective To assess the risk of introduction of polio virus in a Cape Verdian community of
Rotterdam, during the polio epidemic in Cape Verde in 2000. Methods All 225 insufficiently …

The move is seen as an attempt to step up international pressure on the West African nation,
where officials of one state, Kano, have refused to offer polio immunizations for nearly a year …

Comment 1696 www. thelancet. com Vol 383 May 17, 2014 convene a further committee to
examine polio, after recommendations from the Independent Monitoring Board of the Global …

The new directive stipulates that people under the age of 15 years travelling from the
following countries1 will be required to show valid and up-to-date proof of vaccination to …

As well as describing the huge inroads made globally towards the eradication of polio,
Mushtaq and colleagues explore, in their compelling review, the challenges and frustrations …

Adults who travel to areas where poliovirus is endemic or epidemic have a statistically small
yet potentially important risk of exposure to wild poliovirus. Vaccination is recommended for …

In the prevaccine era, infection with wild poliovirus (WPV) was common worldwide, with
seasonal peaks and epidemics in the summer and fall in temperate areas. The incidence of …

On three occasions since June last year the polio virus has made impromptu appearances
that have given the international health community food for thought. First, in June it was …