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It is the year 2000, the target date set by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the global eradication of poliomyelitis. In 1999, there were 7090 cases of polio, and in 1848 of these cases, the virus was isolated. During the first half of this year, only 678 cases of polio and 154 wild (natural) poliovirus isolates were documented. Transmission of this virus is now confined to 30 countries in South Asia and West and Central Africa. These were the last regions to eliminate smallpox. Polio will also be eliminated in these regions, albeit a bit later than we had . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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