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Science 26 March 2004:
Vol. 303. no. 5666, pp. 1960 - 1968
DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5666.1960
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POLIO ENDGAME:
Polio: The Final Assault?

Leslie Roberts

WASHINGTON, D.C., ATLANTA, AND DELHI--Years of effort and billions of dollars have driven polio to just a few impoverished corners of the world. The campaign is intensifying, but the virus is tenaciously resisting.

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