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Polio may be gone, but immunisation rates for most diseases are lower than in sub-Saharan Africa.
(Polio may be the next in line, as we report in this week's print edition).But a disease need not be eradicated completely to ease the pressure on public-health budgets.
"Children are now exposed not just to the Ebola virus, but also to other devastating illnesses like measles, Rota virus and yellow fever, while polio may be lurking in the corner".
Polio may be a distant nightmare in the developed world, but in Falaknaz's district - Mardan, in North West Frontier Province - a child was crippled with polio only last February.
Polio may be spread when the virus enters the mouth of a person who has come in contact with the stool of an infected person (for example, by changing diapers and not washing hands before touching the mouth) or from fecal contamination of food or drinking water.
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As one commentator explained, for example, the value to me of giving my child a polio vaccine may be $1 million per dose, because it would be worth that to avoid my child succumbing to polio.
Given the epidemiologic similarities between TGCT and NHL, Newell et al (1984) hypothesised that the paralytic polio model may be relevant to TGCT aetiology (Newell et al, 1984).
Children less than 5 years of age were most likely exposed and vulnerable to the virus, however, adults who accounted for more than 50% of polio cases may be an important source of infection for children.
When it comes to polio, PP2 may be the kind of player who can tip the balance, by supporting acceptance of the vaccine among his followers rather than preaching against it as he did in the past.
Children less than 5 years of age were most likely exposed and vulnerable to the virus, and the large number of susceptible children provided basis for adults infection, conversely, adults who accounted for more than 50% polio cases may be an important source of infection for children.
Measles and the rest, although they can cause death and misery, never did the damage that polio did, which may be why it's so easy for some public figures to dilate so irresponsibly on the subject.
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