Importation and outbreak of wild polioviruses from 2000 to 2014 and interruption of transmission in Cameroon

In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) with the initial objective to interrupt wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission worldwide by the year 2000. The main strategies for the eradication program are the use of extensive immunization campaigns with live-attenuated oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases. Considerable progress has been registered towards the interruption of WPV transmission worldwide.

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - March 27, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Marie Claire Endegue-Zanga, Serge Alain Sadeuh-Mba, Jane Iber, Cara C. Burns, Nicksy Gumede Moeletsi, Marycelin Baba, David Bukbuk, Francis Delpeyroux, Marcellin Nimpa Mengouo, Maurice Demanou, Guy Vernet, François-Xavier Etoa, Richard Njouom Source Type: research