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The global campaign to eradicate polio resulted in the eradication of type 3 wild poliovirus, with no type 3 viruses found in over 1.5 million samples tested globally over seven years.
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Advances infectious disease control; leaves open validation of sustained surveillance for remaining serotypes.
Type 3 wild poliovirus is the third human pathogen in history to be eradicated.
Owen Dyer (2019) conducted an editorial in Polio. Global campaign to eradicate polio was evaluated on Eradication of type 3 wild poliovirus. The global campaign to eradicate polio resulted in the eradication of type 3 wild poliovirus, with no type 3 viruses found in over 1.5 million samples tested globally over seven years.
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