| poliovirus seroprevalence before and after interruption of poliovirus transmission in kano state, nigeria. | in september 2015, nigeria was removed from the list of polio-endemic countries after more than 12months had passed since the detection of last wild poliovirus case in the country on 24 july 2014. we are presenting here a report of two polio seroprevalence surveys conducted in september 2013 and october 2014, respectively, in the kano state of northern nigeria. | 2016 | 27591950 |
| survey of poliovirus antibodies in kano, northern nigeria. | in 1988, the world health assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis. since then, much progress towards this goal has been made, but three countries including nigeria remain polio-endemic as of end 2012. to assess the immunity level against poliomyelitis in young children in northern nigeria, we conducted a seroprevalence survey in the kano metropolitan area (kma) in may 2011. | 2014 | 24041545 |