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310365

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
In the 1950s, van Loghem drew attention to what he called "synchronism" in the epidemics of poliomyelitis in western Europe. The 1952 epidemic in the Netherlands affected Belgium and neighbouring parts of the Federal Republic of Germany at the same time. A comparable phenomenon is described from Kenya. Notwithstanding the fact that in the three population concentrations of the country the three poliovirus types may well be endemic, epidemics of poliomyelitis repeatedly occurred synchronously in these areas. However, there seems to be no synchronism between poliomyelitis epidemics in Kenya and those in neighbouring East African countries. Tentative explanations are put forward for the similarities and differences between Europe and East Africa. The importance of the phenomenon as observed in Kenya for control by mass immunization campaigns is stressed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9686
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
649-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Poliomyelitis: Epidemiology and prophylaxis. 6. Geographic synchronism in poliomyelitis epidemics in Kenya.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article