Polio Update
Posted by Linda Schuyler
on Mar 01, 2014
Polio this week
The data table below is as of 26 February 2014
The data table below is as of 26 February 2014
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Seven new cases (six wild poliovirus type 1 - WPV1 - and one circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 - cVDPV2) are reported this week from Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. This area is largely considered the ‘engine’ for polio transmission in the country. See ‘Pakistan’ section below for more information.
Wild Poliovirus (WPV) cases
|
Total cases
|
Year-to-date 2014
|
Year-to-date 2013
|
Total in 2013
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Globally
|
24
|
5
|
404
|
|
- in endemic countries
|
24
|
5
|
160
|
|
- in non-endemic countries
|
0
|
0
|
245
|
Case breakdown by country
|
Countries
|
Year-to-date 2014
|
Year-to-date 2013
|
Total in 2013 |
Date of most
recent case |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
WPV1
|
WPV3
|
W1W3
|
Total
|
|||
|
Pakistan
|
21
|
|
|
21
|
2
|
|
2
|
93
|
10-Feb-14
|
|
|
Afghanistan
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
14
|
31-Jan-14
|
|
Nigeria
|
|
|
0
|
2
|
|
2
|
53
|
15 -Dec-13
|
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|
Cameroon
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
4
|
30-Oct-13
|
|
|
Somalia
|
|
|
0
|
|
0
|
193
|
20-Dec-13
|
|||
|
Syria
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
24
|
17-Dec-13
|
|
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
9
|
5-Nov-13
|
|
|
Kenya
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
14
|
14-Jul-13
|
|
|
Total
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
5
|
0
|
|
5
|
404
|
|
|
Total in endemic countries
|
24
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
160
|
|
|
|
Total outbreak
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
244
|
|
Data in WHO as of 26 February 2013 for 2013 data and 25 February 2014 for 2014 data.
- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/dataandmonitoring/poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.kZ7ilduF.dpuf