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Global paralytic poliomyelitis cases declined from over 350,000 in 1988 to 112 in 2019, with wild poliovirus remaining endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Highlights the ongoing risk of poliomyelitis and the need to avoid medical complacency as global eradication nears.
In 1988, there were over 350 000 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis globally.1 In 2018, there were 29 cases and in 2019 there were 112 cases2 — all in the only two remaining countries in the world where wild poliovirus (WPV) is endemic (Afghanistan and Pakistan). We are tantalisingly close to global eradication.
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May et al. (2020) studied this question. Global paralytic poliomyelitis cases declined from over 350,000 in 1988 to 112 in 2019, with wild poliovirus remaining endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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