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A wild poliomyelitis outbreak in Tajikistan is the first persistent outbreak in a previously certified polio-free zone, with seven confirmed cases of acute flaccid paralysis in April 2010.
Reports the first persistent outbreak of poliomyelitis in a previously certified polio-free zone.
We are now witnessing the first persistent outbreak of poliomyelitis in the world in a zone previously certified as polio-free. This dreadful disease has no cure and causes paralysis and even death. In April 2010, WHO confirmed that seven children with acute flaccid paralysis in Tajikistan had wild
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MacDonald et al. (2010) studied this question. A wild poliomyelitis outbreak in Tajikistan is the first persistent outbreak in a previously certified polio-free zone, with seven confirmed cases of acute flaccid paralysis in April 2010.
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