print email comment close Polio Eradication URL: http://www.polioeradication.org/ Description: News, background information, and other resources relating to the eradication of this paralysis-causing infectious disease "caused by a virus ... [that] can strike at any age, but affects mainly children under three." Includes fact sheets, vaccine information, polio status data, and strategic documents and status reports on efforts to eliminate polio in countries such as Nigeria and Afghanistan. From the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a joint effort of groups including the World Health Organization (WHO). Publisher: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative Extra Keywords vaccination Poliomyelitis, OPV, Rotary International, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, UNICEF Library of Congress Subject Headings: Communicable diseases -- Prevention Poliomyelitis LII Database Information: Record 8221 created by Jennifer English on 02/23/2004 Last modification on 09/07/2004 Published: 02/23/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8221