Cornell notes Nigeria outbreak forces rethink of polio
stratergies, Leslie Roberts, September 6 2016
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Key words/concepts
Nigeria
Global
eradication
Polio
DNA
sequencing
Undetected
Vaccinations
Donors
Failure
outbreak
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Note-taking column
Polio cases detected in northern Nigeria
There was almost a 3 year victory of no polio
Undetected for 4 years
Polio was close to eradicating
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Summary
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In Nigeria polio was almost gone for 3 years. But
now they detected a new case. DNA sequencing confirmed that the virus had
been circulating for 4 years. The strategy was that everybody was forbidden
to leave But some families escaped. Those families have now a polio-case.
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