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Why is polio targeted for eradication?

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Why is polio targeted for eradication?

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“There are some characteristics for a disease to be eradicable, like it infects only human beings so that there is no animal reservoir for that infectious agent. It’s transmitted only from person to person without the intervention of a mosquito or the environment. And if you survive after the infection you have immunity forever, so you don’t get sick again. And you have a good intervention like a vaccine.

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