Wild Poliovirus Weekly Update, World Health Organization (from ASEAN+3 Website)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: ASEAN+3, <cite cite="http://www.aseanplus3-eid.info/newsread.php?nid=1579&gid=2">ASEAN Plus Three Countries</cite>. Edited.]

Wild Poliovirus Weekly Update, World Health Organization

Monday, 31 May 2010

Please scroll to the end for a summary of officially reported polio cases.

• New polio cases reported in the past week for 2010: 35
• Total number of cases in 2010: 237
• Total number of cases in 2009: 1604

• HEADLINES
  • The Global Polio Management Team is meeting in Geneva this week and, as a result, there is no Country Support Group meeting and no weekly notes.
  • In summary, 35 type-1 cases were reported this week, one in Pakistan (Balochistan), one in Mali (Koulikoro), and 33 in Tajikistan .

• OFFICIALLY REPORTED WILD VIRUS CASES ON 25 May 2010
  • Total global cases in 2010: 237 (compared with 474 for the same period in 2009)
  • Total in endemic countries: 52 (compared with 349 for the same period in 2009)
  • Total in non-endemic countries: 185 (compared with 125 for the same period in 2009)
  • Tajikistan : 141 cases (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 08 May 2010
  • Pakistan : 20 cases (compared with 17 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 30 Apr 2010
  • India : 20 cases (compared with 49 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 21 Apr 2010
  • Nigeria : 3 cases (compared with 276 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 18 Apr 2010
  • Angola : 4 cases (compared with 6 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 14 Apr 2010
  • Afghanistan : 9 cases (compared with 7 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 11 Apr 2010
  • Senegal : 17 cases (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 07 Apr 2010
  • Niger : 2 cases (compared with 13 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 01 Apr 2010
  • Mali : 2 cases (compared with 1 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 30 Mar 2010
  • Chad : 12 cases (compared with 1 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 16 Mar 2010
  • Liberia : 1 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 03 Mar 2010
  • Sierra Leone : 1 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 28 Feb 2010
  • Mauritania : 4 cases (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 22 Feb 2010
  • Nepal : 1 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 19 Feb 2010
  • Guinea : 0 case (compared with 1 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 03 Nov 2009
  • Burkina Faso : 0 case (compared with 10 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 25 Oct 2009
  • Cameroon : 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 15 Oct 2009
  • Burundi : 0 case (compared with 0 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 12 Sep 2009
  • CAR: 0 case (compared with 4 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 09 Aug 2009
  • C?te d'Ivoire : 0 case (compared with 12 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 06 Aug 2009
  • Kenya : 0 case (compared with 10 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 30 Jul 2009
  • Sudan : 0 case (compared with 34 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 27 Jun 2009
  • DRC: 0 case (compared with 1 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 24 Jun 2009
  • Uganda : 0 case (compared with 7 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 10 May 2009
  • Benin : 0 case (compared with 19 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 19 Apr 2009
  • Togo : 0 case (compared with 6 for the same period in 2009), onset of paralysis of most recent case: 28 Mar 2009
  • Total global cases in 2009: 1604
  • Total in endemic countries: 1256
  • Total in non-endemic countries: 348

Please refer to the attached weekly global update, for country-level details of 2009 cases.

Download :Global_update_26May10e.ppt
Source : WHO

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