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Polio: Eradication & Primary Immunodeficiency

Development of an efficient entire capsid-coding region amplification method for direct detection of poliovirus from stool extracts
Arita M, et al. J Clin Microbiol, Oct 22, 2014.

Environmental surveillance for polioviruses in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Asghar H, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(suppl 1):  S294-S303.

Laboratory challenges in response to silent introduction and sustained transmission of wild poliovirus type 1 in Israel during 2013
Shulman LM, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(suppl 1):  S304-S314.

Detection of multiple cocirculating wild poliovirus type 1 lineages through environmental surveillance: impact and progress during 2011–2013 in Pakistan
Alam MM, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(suppl 1):  S324-S332.

Switch from oral to inactivated poliovirus vaccine in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia: Summary of coverage, immunity, and environmental surveillance
Wahjuhono G, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(suppl 1):  S347-S352.

Achieving and maintaining polio eradication — new strategies
Modlin J, Wenger J. New Engl J Med 2014; 371:1476-1479.

A world without polio
Cochi SL, et al. J Infect Dis 2014; 210(suppl 1):  S1-S4.

CDC blog post: What's the connection between polio eradication and primary immunodeficiency?