Cross-border collaboration between China and Myanmar for emergency response to imported vaccine derived poliovirus case.
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SUBMITTER: Wang HB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4308939 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Cross-border collaboration between China and Myanmar for emergency response to imported vaccine derived poliovirus case.
Wang Hai-Bo HB Zhang Li-Fen LF Yu Wen-Zhou WZ Wen Ning N Yan Dong-Mei DM Tang Jing-Jing JJ Zhang Yong Y Fan Chun-Xiang CX Reilly Kathleen H KH Xu Wen-Bo WB Li Li L Ding Zheng-Rong ZR Luo Hui-Ming HM
BMC infectious diseases 20150117
<h4>Background</h4>This report describes emergency response following an imported vaccine derived poliovirus (VDPV) case from Myanmar to Yunnan Province, China and the cross-border collaboration between China and Myanmar. Immediately after confirmation of the VDPV case, China disseminated related information to Myanmar with the assistance of the World Health Organization.<h4>Methods</h4>A series of epidemiological investigations were conducted, both in China and Myanmar, including retrospective ...[more]
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