National Laboratory Inventory Integral Part of Wild Poliovirus Eradication
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Possible Eradication of Wild Poliovirus Type 3 — Worldwide, 2012
In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate polio worldwide. Since then, four of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have been certified as polio-free: the Americas in 1994, the Western Pacific Region in 2000, the European Region in 2002, and the South-East Asia Region in 2014. Currently, nearly 80% of the world's population lives in areas certified as polio-free. Certi...
متن کاملAnnual report Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory , 2005 Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory 2005
In May 1988 the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the global eradication of poliomyelitis. Since then two target dates for eradication (2000 and 2003) have passed and the struggle to eradicate the poliovirus continues. Australia’s commitment to the worldwide campaign began in December 1994 with the designation of the National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory at the Victorian Infecti...
متن کاملAustralian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory , 2003 Annual report Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory , 2003
The Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory was established in late 1994, as part of Australia’s commitment to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) polio eradication program. The laboratory continues to play a pivotal role in maintaining Australia’s polio-free status through surveillance for cases of acute fl accid paralysis (AFP), the main clinical presentation of poliomyelitis, a...
متن کاملAustralian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory , 2004 Annual report Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory , 2004
The Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory is the World Health Organization designated laboratory for the isolation and testing of poliovirus from clinical specimens within Australia, the Pacifi c Island countries and Brunei Darussalam. Surveillance for acute fl accid paralysis (AFP) within Australia, the main clinical manif...
متن کاملThe laboratory containment of wild poliovirus in Australia.
Because circulation of wild poliovirus in the region has been interrupted, the only known sources of wild poliovirus remaining are within the region’s laboratories. These laboratories may store specimens from known poliomyelitis cases or store other materials that are potentially infected with wild poliovirus (Box 1). Therefore, the task of poliomyelitis eradication will not be complete until a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-5027,1943-7730
DOI: 10.1309/fca1-axpc-pjlq-n746