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Industrialized countries, such as the United Kingdom, where there has been no case of wild virus…
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AFP surveillance may miss silent transmission in low-incidence settings; leaves open whether environmental monitoring is required for polio elimination certification.
Alternative surveillance techniques, such as environmental monitoring, may be necessary for industrialized countries like the UK to certify the elimination of wild poliovirus.
Salisbury et al. (1997) studied this question.
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