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Nature Medicine 11, 1260 (2005)
Published online: 30 November 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm1205-1260a

Global polio campaign doomed to fail, experts warn

Bruce Diamond1

  1. New York


Virus shed by vaccinated individuals could keep the virus in circulation for decades


Five children in a secluded Amish village in the US contracted vaccine-derived polio, scientists announced in October, baffling epidemiologists about the infection's origin. But some experts say the episode is a clear warning that the global polio eradication campaign is unrealistic.