The Laboratory containment of wild poliovirus in Australia

Authors

  • Heath Kelly Epidemiology Division, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria
  • Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier Epidemiology Division, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria
  • Anita Soar Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Section, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Greg Sam Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Section, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Margery Kennett Epidemiology Division, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2000.24.33

Keywords:

poliovirus, laboratory containment, infectious material, eradication

Abstract

Australia, along with other countries of the Western Pacific Region, is now moving rapidly towards the certification of poliomyelitis eradication. If all countries within the Region provide evidence consistent with the absence of indigenous wild poliovirus for three consecutive years under conditions of high quality surveillance, the Region can be certified as poliomyelitis-free.

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References

World Health Organization Western Pacific Region. Regional guidelines for the implementation of laboratory containment of wild polioviruses. Phase 1: Laboratory Search, Laboratory Inventory. Manila: World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, 1999.

Expanded programme on immunization. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 1997;72:373-379.

Department of Vaccines and Biologicals. WHO global action plan for laboratory containment of wild polioviruses. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1999.

Standards Australia Standards New Zealand. Safety in Laboratories. Part 3: Microbiology. AS/NZS 2243.3:1995. Sydney: Standards Australia Standards New Zealand, 1995.

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Published

31/07/00

How to Cite

Kelly, Heath, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier, Anita Soar, Greg Sam, and Margery Kennett. 2000. “The Laboratory Containment of Wild Poliovirus in Australia”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 24 (July):207-10. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2000.24.33.

Issue

Vol. 24 (2000)

Section

Short report

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