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标题：Cuba’s Scientific Contributions to Global Polio Eradication
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作者：Resik, Sonia ; Mach, Ondrej ; Tejeda, Alina 等
期刊名称：MEDICC Review
印刷版ISSN：1555-7960
电子版ISSN：1527-3172
出版年度：2018
卷号：20
期号：2
页码：40-42
DOI：10.1590/MEDICC.2018.20020010
语种：English
出版社：Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba
摘要：Cuba eliminated polio in 1962 and was among the first countries to do so. Since then, only 20 cases of vaccine-derived paralytic poliomyelitis have been reported. Because Cuba used oral poliovirus vaccine exclusively in two mass campaigns usually in February and April each year, Sabin viruses were detected only within approximately 6–8 weeks after each annual campaign. This made Cuba a very attractive site to study the epidemiology of poliomyelitis in a tropical country without risk of secondary transmission of Sabin viruses for a large part of each year, an advantage over countries that used oral poliovirus vaccine continuously throughout the year in routine immunization programs. This report summarizes the unique scientific collaboration between Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health and WHO, with participation by US scientists, in the global effort to eradicate polio.
关键词：Poliomyelitis;disease eradication;disease elimination;oral poliovirus vaccine;Sabin vaccine;inactivated poliovirus vaccine;Salk vaccine;Cuba;WHO