One of the major goals of the WHO is elimination of polio, but the nature of rapidly evolving enteroviruses makes this task more complex than it initially appears.
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Nomoto, A., Arita, I. Eradication of Poliomyelitis. Nat Immunol 3, 205–208 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0302-205
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