Publications
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poliomyelitis: 20 years--the pondicherry experience. | during a 20-year period, 12,830 cases of acute poliomyelitis in children (aged 1 month-12 years) were seen in a south indian teaching hospital (pondicherry). almost three-quarters (72.4%) of children were below the age of 2 years. the median age at onset of poliomyelitis shifted from 19.5 months (in the period 1968-1977) to 11 months (in the years 1978-1987). after 1981, epidemic peaks were noted every third year. 66.3% of cases had not received even a single dose of oral polio vaccine and 14.7% ... | 1989 | 2558226 |