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Published online 17 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061113-17
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Drive to stamp out polio looks hopeful
New vaccine programme could rid the world of polio soon.
Polio has been making a comeback in India, but researchers say that a new vaccination campaign has a very good chance of finally eradicating the disease, by the end of the decade.
Polio is a highly infectious virus that can invade the nervous system, leading to paralysis and in some cases death.
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