PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (25): Syria (DZ) conf, WHO

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Polio -- Deir Ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Following reports of a cluster of 22 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases on [17 Oct 2013] in the Syrian Arab Republic, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been isolated from 10 of the cases under investigation. Final genetic sequencing results are pending to determine the origin of the isolated viruses. Wild poliovirus had not been detected in the Syrian Arab Republic since 1999.
Most of the cases are very young (below 2 years of age), and were un- or under-immunized. Estimated immunization