Key result
Global eradication efforts since 1988 have reduced the incidence of poliomyelitis by more than 99%, with wild-type poliovirus type 2 likely eradicated.
Highlights the near-eradication of poliomyelitis globally while emphasizing the risk posed by remaining endemic regions.
In 1988, the World Health Assembly endorsed the goal of eradicating poliomyelitis worldwide. At the time, the estimated annual number of new cases of paralysis was 350,000, and poliomyelitis was considered to be endemic in 125 countries.1 In the 25 years since then, the incidence of poliomyelitis has been reduced by more than 99%, and only three countries — Pakistan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan — have never terminated indigenous transmission.1,2 Wild-type poliovirus type 2 has probably been eradicated; the last naturally occurring case was detected in 1999.2 Wild-type poliovirus type 3 appears to be close to eradication, with no new . . .
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Mundel et al. (2013) conducted an editorial in Poliomyelitis. Global eradication efforts since 1988 have reduced the incidence of poliomyelitis by more than 99%, with wild-type poliovirus type 2 likely eradicated.
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