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Polio risk looms over Europe

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  1. ECDC. Suspected outbreak of poliomyelitis in Syria: Risk of importation and spread of poliovirus in the EU (ECDC, 2013); available at http://go.nature.com/6rEJj8

  2. ECDC. Wild-type poliovirus 1 in Israel — what is the risk to the EU/EEA? (ECDC, 2013); available at http://go.nature.com/uHJHZC

  3. WHO. Report of the 27th Meeting of the European Regional Certification Commission for Poliomyelitis Eradication (WHO, 2013); available at http://go.nature.com/yaLpJb

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