Jul 3, 2013

INDIA - PUNE: Fourteen children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) found during a routine surveillance in the state this month are considered "highly suspected polio cases" on the basis of their clinical characteristics and epidemiological data.

14 higly suspected polio cases found in state.

PUNE: Fourteen children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) found during a routine surveillance in the state this month are considered "highly suspected polio cases" on the basis of their clinical characteristics and epidemiological data.

The state health department has found 1,043 AFP cases during their routine surveillance so far this year. Acute flaccid paralysis is a term which applies to the exact clinical symptoms doctors see in polio virus infection. But this may not necessarily be caused by polio viruses. 
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