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Polio Figures for 2004 Show Increase and Spread

Date

November 16 2004


WHO Global Polio Eradication Initiative



Endemic countries in 2003:
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Nigeria, Niger

Countries with re-established transmission of wild polio virus in 2004 to date [November 16 2004]:
Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso

Total wild virus polio cases in 2003: 784

Total cases 1 Jan to 9 Nov 2004: 918


Source

http://www.polioeradication.org/content/fixed/casecount.shtml

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Placed on the Communication Initiative site November 15 2004
Last Updated November 29 2007

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