Termination of all transmission of infection by global extermination of the infectious agent through surveillance and containment (From Porta, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 5th ed).
    

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The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

After Ebola.

The long struggle against malaria in tropical Africa / James L.A. Webb, Jr., Colby College.

Polio eradication and its discontents : an historian's journey through an international public health (un)civil war / William Muraskin.

Polio : the odyssey of eradication / Thomas Abraham.

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The end of plagues : the global battle against infectious disease / John Rhodes.

After Ebola.

The long struggle against malaria in tropical Africa / James L.A. Webb, Jr., Colby College.

Polio eradication and its discontents : an historian's journey through an international public health (un)civil war / William Muraskin.

Polio : the odyssey of eradication / Thomas Abraham.