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Related information on other websites
Victorian Government Health Information - Poliomyelitis (Polio).
Immunise Australia Program.
Victorian Government - Infectious diseases, in your language.
Smart Traveller – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Support groups
Polio Network - Independence Australia.
References used for this fact sheet
- Communicable disease factsheets, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
- Poliomyelitis, World Health Organization. More information here.
- Poliomyelitis (polio) immunisation information, Department of Human Services, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Criteria for use of government vaccine. Department of Health, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Australian Immunisation Handbook – Ninth edition 2008,, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
- Global polio eradication initiative, World Health Organization (WHO). More information here.
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