(Medical Xpress)—In 2010, a polio outbreak in the Republic of Congo (ROC) resulted in 445 confirmed cases, of which 47% were fatal. Originally, researchers thought low levels of immunization were responsible for the severity ...
A new study, "Sensitive poliovirus detection using nested PCR and nanopore sequencing: a prospective validation study," published 17 August 2023 in Nature Microbiology, proves that using DDNS to detect polio outbreaks can ...
Aug 21, 2023
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A team of researchers from the U.K., Switzerland, the U.S., and the Congo has found that there is an urgent need to combat a vaccine-derived poliovirus. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes ...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants.
Apr 24, 2024
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A plague from nowhere, which threatens to kill millions worldwide and overturn civilisation. We can't treat it or protect ourselves against it, and our healthcare systems can't cope. It's a nightmare, but one that has visited ...
Apr 15, 2020
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Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the World Health Organization and a partner initiative said.
Jun 9, 2017
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At least 10 people in northwestern China have contracted a highly infectious strain of polio, in the first outbreak of the disease in the country for 12 years, a United Nations group said Thursday.
Sep 22, 2011
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"Got Polio? Me neither. Thanks, Science." Messages like this are used in memes, posters, T-shirts and even some billboards to promote routine vaccinations. As this catchy statement reminds people of once-feared diseases of ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Health officials in Burundi have declared an outbreak of polio linked to the vaccine, the first time the paralytic disease has been detected in the East African country for more than three decades.
Mar 17, 2023
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Malnutrition is leaving children in Malawi vulnerable to the country's worst-ever cholera outbreak, the United Nations warned Tuesday as it appealed for more than $50 million to help combat the spread.
Mar 7, 2023
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