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    Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was established in 1988, two of the three wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes (types 2 and 3) have been eradicated.* Transmission of WPV type 1 (WPV1) remains uninterrupted only in Afghanistan and Paki...
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    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 68(29):642-646
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    The number of wild poliovirus (WPV) cases in Nigeria decreased from 1,122 in 2006 to six WPV type 1 (WPV1) in 2014 (1). During August 2014-July 2016, no WPV cases were detected; during August-September 2016, four cases were reported in Borno State. A...
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  4. Progress Toward Polio Eradication — Worldwide, January 2017–March 2019
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    Greene, Sharon A.; Ahmed, Jamal; Datta, S. Deblina; Burns, Cara C.; Quddus, Arshad; Vertefeuille, John F.; Wassilak, Steven G.F.;
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    MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 68(20):458-462
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    Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) began in 1988, transmission of wild poliovirus (WPV) has been interrupted in all countries except Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. WPV type 2 (WPV2) was declared eradicated in 2015; WPV type 3 h...
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    Int J Health Geogr. 18
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    BackgroundFour wild polio-virus cases were reported in Borno State, Nigeria 2016, 1 year after Nigeria had been removed from the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organization. Resulting from Nigeria’s decade long conflict with B...
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