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Euro Surveill. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 38, 19 September 2013
Rapid communications
Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013
E Anis<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, E Kopel <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, S R Singer<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, E Kaliner<SUP>2</SUP>, L Moerman<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, J Moran-Gilad<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>, D Sofer<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, Y Manor<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, L M Shulman<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, E Mendelson<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, M Gdalevich<SUP>5</SUP><SUP>,8</SUP>, B Lev<SUP>9</SUP>, R Gamzu<SUP>7</SUP><SUP>,9</SUP>, I Grotto<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel ? 2 Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel - 3 Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel - 4 These authors contributed equally to this study - 5 Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel - 6 Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel - 7 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel - 8 South District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel - 9 Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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Citation style for this article: Anis E, Kopel E, Singer SR, Kaliner E, Moerman L, Moran-Gilad J, Sofer D, Manor Y, Shulman LM, Mendelson E, Gdalevich M, Lev B, Gamzu R, Grotto I. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(38):pii=20586. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20586
Date of submission: 09 September 2013
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Israel was certified as polio-free country in June 2002, along with the rest of the World Health Organization European Region. Some 11 years later, wild-type polio virus 1 (WPV1) was isolated initially from routine sewage samples collected between 7 and 13 April 2013 in two cities in the Southern district. WPV1-specific analysis of samples indicated WPV1 introduction into that area in early February 2013. National supplementary immunisation with oral polio vaccine has been ongoing since August 2013.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 38, 19 September 2013
Rapid communications
Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013
E Anis<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, E Kopel <SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, S R Singer<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,4</SUP>, E Kaliner<SUP>2</SUP>, L Moerman<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, J Moran-Gilad<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>, D Sofer<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, Y Manor<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, L M Shulman<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, E Mendelson<SUP>6</SUP><SUP>,7</SUP>, M Gdalevich<SUP>5</SUP><SUP>,8</SUP>, B Lev<SUP>9</SUP>, R Gamzu<SUP>7</SUP><SUP>,9</SUP>, I Grotto<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,5</SUP>
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<SUP>1</SUP>The Division of Epidemiology, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel ? 2 Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel - 3 Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel - 4 These authors contributed equally to this study - 5 Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel - 6 Central Virology Laboratory, Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel - 7 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel - 8 South District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel - 9 Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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Citation style for this article: Anis E, Kopel E, Singer SR, Kaliner E, Moerman L, Moran-Gilad J, Sofer D, Manor Y, Shulman LM, Mendelson E, Gdalevich M, Lev B, Gamzu R, Grotto I. Insidious reintroduction of wild poliovirus into Israel, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(38):pii=20586. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20586
Date of submission: 09 September 2013
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Israel was certified as polio-free country in June 2002, along with the rest of the World Health Organization European Region. Some 11 years later, wild-type polio virus 1 (WPV1) was isolated initially from routine sewage samples collected between 7 and 13 April 2013 in two cities in the Southern district. WPV1-specific analysis of samples indicated WPV1 introduction into that area in early February 2013. National supplementary immunisation with oral polio vaccine has been ongoing since August 2013.
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