Poliomyelitis in Trinidad, 1971-1972

Schonberger, Lawrence B.; Hatch, Milford H.

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Poliomyelitis in Trinidad, 1971-1972

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May 1972
By Schonberger, Lawrence B. ; Hatch, Milford H.

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Schonberger, Lawrence B. ; Hatch, Milford H.
Corporate Authors:

Center for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemiology Program. ; Pan American Health Organization.
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On Monday, Jan. 3, 1972, Dr. Pierre Ardoin, Director of the Trinidad Regional Virology Laboratory (TRVL), University of the West Indies, reported to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, that since Dec. 6, 1971, his laboratory had isolated type 1 poliovirus from 27 of 48 patients with suspected poliomyelitis in Trinidad.

Written by Temporary Consultants of the Pan American Health Organization.
Subjects:

Disease Outbreaks Poliomyelitis/epidemiology Public Health Surveillance
Place as Subject:

Trinidad
Pages in Document:

38 numbered pages
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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