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Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 217 cases

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Source: http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/ho...-somalia-and-ethiopia-report-new-cases-62414/


Published On: Sun, Jan 19th, 2014
Outbreak News | By Robert Herriman
Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 207 as Somalia and Ethiopia report new cases

Things have been quiet in the countries of the Horn of Africa as far as the polio outbreak, with no news reported cases for some time, until now.

Both Ethiopia and Somalia have recorded two additional wild poliovirus 1 (WPV 1) cases a piece, bringing the outbreak total to 207 (185 from Somalia, 14 from Kenya and eight from Ethiopia)...
 
Re: Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 207 as Somalia and Ethiopia report new cases

Re: Horn of Africa polio outbreak now at 207 as Somalia and Ethiopia report new cases

Polio this week

The data table below is as of 5 March 2014 - See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.fAfMMzBd.dpuf
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Horn of Africa

One new WPV1 case was reported from Somalia in the past week, with onset of paralysis on 8 August 2013 from Middle Shabelle. The case was reported late due to laboratory processing backlog.
The total number of WPV1 cases in the Horn of Africa is now 217 (194 from Somalia, 14 from Kenya and nine from Ethiopia). The most recent WPV1 case in the region had onset of paralysis on 20 December 2013 (from Bari, Somalia).
- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.fAfMMzBd.dpuf
 
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