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Review
. 2014 Nov 1:210 Suppl 1:S216-24.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit585.

Update on polio eradication in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013

Patrick Michael O'Connor  1 , Robert Allison  1 , Arun Thapa  1 , Sunil Bahl  2 , Supamit Chunsuittiwat  3 , Mainul Hasan  1 , Zainul Khan  1 , Tika Sedai  1
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Update on polio eradication in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2013

Patrick Michael O'Connor et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

There has been a tremendous amount of progress toward polio eradication in the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region particularly over the past 4 years. In 1988, there were >25,000 reported cases of wild poliovirus infection in the South-East Asia Region, and because of substantial underreporting the estimated polio burden was probably 10-fold higher. Following the initiation of mass polio immunization campaigns in the mid-1990s and years of intense effort, the 11 countries of the South-East Asia Region reported no cases of wild poliovirus infection in 2012. With India reporting the last wild poliovirus case in the region, on 13 January 2011, and its subsequent removal from the list of polio-endemic countries, in February 2012, the South-East Asia Region is firmly on track for polio-free certification in early 2014.

Keywords: South-East Asia; certification; eradication; polio.

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