Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report Number 11, May 12, 1955

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• Corporate Authors:
  Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Poliomyelitis Surveillance Unit.
• Description:
  Three new Cutter associated cases were accepted today from Idaho (2) and Wyoming (l). One of the Idaho cases (PSU Case No. Ida-14) died following bulbar involvement and is remarkable for the relatively long interval between inoculation and onset of paralysis (20 days).
  
  Further information was received on two previously reported Pennsylvaniaia cases given Wyeth Vaccine. One of these cases (PSU Case No. Pa-2) inoculated in the left deltoid and 10 days later developed paralysis in he left arm, with eventual progression to quadriplegia.
  
  A total of 67 cases have been accepted through 12:00 noon today (5-12-55) and are summarized below (Table l).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Poliomyelitis/epidemiology Public Health Surveillance
• Series:
  Poliomyelitis Surveillance Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Pages in Document:
  4 pages in various pagings
• Volume:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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