Towards an effective poliovirus laboratory containment strategy in Nigeria

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ID15364147
AuthorsJohnson Muluh Ticha (0000-0002-0838-1253, World Health Organization - Nigeria, corresponding author), Kolawole Olatunji Matthew, Abdullahi Walla Hamisu (World Health Organization - Nigeria), Fiona Braka (0000-0002-4734-9408, World Health Organization - Nigeria), Braka Fiona, Pascal Mkanda (0000-0003-0828-2279, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa), Peter Nsubuga (Public Health Solutions), Eberto Tesfaye (World Health Organization - Nigeria), Kehinde Craig (World Health Organization - Nigeria), Andrew Etsano (National Primary Health Care Development Agency), Etsano Andrew, Obi Emelife (National Primary Health Care Development Agency), Faisal Shuaib (0000-0003-1818-3776), Akinkugbe Folasade, Johnson Adekunle Adeniji (0000-0002-0406-6707), Johnson Adeniji, Usman Adamu, Mohammed Dallatu, Geoffrey Oyeyinka, Holly Brown (0000-0001-5841-188X), Nwakasik Nnamah, Joseph Okwori, Chukwuike Chinedu, Ibikunle Anibijuwon (0000-0003-0051-0396), Adewumi Olubusuyi, Emmanuel Donbraye (0000-0001-6050-4073), Donbraye Emmanuel, Murtala Bagana, Baba M (0000-0002-1004-1717, University of Maiduguri), Marycelin Baba, Nicksy Gumede (World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa), Gumede Nicksy, Richard Banda (0000-0002-9163-9250, World Health Organization - Nigeria), Sisay G Tegegne (0000-0002-7213-9568, World Health Organization - Nigeria), Ajiboye Oyetunji (World Health Organization - Nigeria), Ousmane Diop, Ousmane M Diop (0000-0002-0828-9676, World Health Organization), Oyewale Tomori (0000-0002-6959-5749), Rui G Vaz (World Health Organization - Nigeria)
Year2018
Volume18
IssueS4
Pages1304-1304
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-6181-3
PMID30541484
OpenAlexW2903216867
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited3

This article is amongst the first in Africa that relates poliovirus laboratory containment in the context of the tOPV-bOPV switch in alignment with the Global Action Plan III. All identified infectious materials were destroyed and personnel trained to continue to destroy subsequent materials, a process that needs meticulous monitoring to mitigate the risk of poliovirus re-introduction to the population

Biostatistics · Containment (computer programming · Environmental health · Pathology · Poliovirus · Public health · Virus · Medicine · Nursing · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Viral Infections and Immunology Research · Epidemiology · Virology