The role of supplementary environmental surveillance to complement acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for wild poliovirus in Pakistan - 2011-2013.
Tori L CowgerCara C BurnsSalmaan SharifHoward E GaryJane IberElizabeth HendersonFarzana MalikSyed Sohail Zahoor ZaidiShahzad ShaukatLubna RehmanMark A PallanschWalter A OrensteinPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Our findings suggest ES in Pakistan is providing earlier, more sensitive detection of wild polioviruses than AFP surveillance alone. Overall, targeted ES through strategic selection of sites has important implications in the eradication endgame strategy.