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Epidemiological update: Suspected polio cases in Syria confirmed by WHO (ECDC, October 30 2013)
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, full page: (LINK).]
Epidemiological update: Suspected polio cases in Syria confirmed by WHO
30 Oct 2013
Ten of the 22 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in the Syrian Arab Republic suspected of being caused by wild poliovirus have been confirmed as wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO announced that final genetic sequencing results are pending to determine the origin of the isolated viruses. The cluster of 22 AFP cases in Syria was first reported to the WHO on 17 October.
ECDC published a rapid risk assessment on 24 October in response to the suspected polio cases and the risk posed to the EU/EEA. The confirmation by WHO of these ten cases does not change the ECDC risk assessment and its recommendations that remain valid.
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Epidemiological update: Suspected polio cases in Syria confirmed by WHO
30 Oct 2013
Ten of the 22 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in the Syrian Arab Republic suspected of being caused by wild poliovirus have been confirmed as wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO announced that final genetic sequencing results are pending to determine the origin of the isolated viruses. The cluster of 22 AFP cases in Syria was first reported to the WHO on 17 October.
ECDC published a rapid risk assessment on 24 October in response to the suspected polio cases and the risk posed to the EU/EEA. The confirmation by WHO of these ten cases does not change the ECDC risk assessment and its recommendations that remain valid.
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