| serum antibodies to polioviruses in alexandria, egypt. | random sera, in a total of 192, were collected in the fever hospital of alexandria, egypt, and analysed for the presence of antibodies against polioviruses. the results show good antibody levels, only three sera (1.5%) were negative for poliovirus type 1, 5 (2.6%) for poliovirus type 2 and 10 (5.2%) for poliovirus type 3; one subject was completely negative. | 1999 | 10395057 |
| progress toward poliomyelitis eradication--egypt, 1993. | since 1990, the ministry of health in egypt has directed efforts toward achieving poliomyelitis eradication by the end of 1994. to achieve this goal, the egyptian expanded program on immunization (epi) has progressively implemented each of four world health organization (who)-recommended strategies: 1) increasing and sustaining routine coverage with oral poliovirus vaccine (opv); 2) conducting national immunization days (nids); 3) developing surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (afp), includ ... | 1994 | 8127328 |