Publications

environmental poliovirus surveillance during oral poliovirus vaccine and inactivated poliovirus vaccine use in córdoba province, argentina.	this study compares the presence of environmental poliovirus in two argentinean populations using oral poliovirus vaccine (opv) or inactivated poliovirus vaccine (ipv). from january 2003 to december 2005, córdoba city used ipv in routine infant immunizations, with the exception of intermittent opv use in august 2005. between may 2005 and april 2006, we collected weekly wastewater samples in córdoba city and the province's three major towns, which continued opv use at all times. wastewater sample ...	2009	19124585
effect on seroprevalence of anti-poliovirus antibodies and on vaccination coverage of the implementation of a dtwp-ipv-hib vaccination programme in a south american city.	summaryvaccination coverage and seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies were assessed in argentinean children (aged 8-12 and 19-21 months) living in cordoba city pre-/post-implementation of a dtwp-ipv-hib vaccination programme, and compared to those of controls from neighbouring populations receiving a full oral poliovirus vaccine schedule. vaccination coverage was higher in control areas pre-intervention; this increased post-intervention in cordoba (>90%) but not in control areas. poliovirus ty ...	2011	20587121