Polio "could be eradicated" by end of decade
16th Nov 2006, 21:24 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - New vaccine strategies could wipe out lingering reservoirs of polio in northern India and lead to global eradication of the crippling disease by the end of the decade, scientists said on Thursday.
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