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414001 Total (reported) polio cases   Around 1 in 200 infections by the poliovirus result in paralysis. However, only infections that result in paralysis are considered cases of polio in the literature. To avoid confusion, these are labeled cases of paralytic polio. Total paralytic polio cases refers to the sum of wild poliovirus cases and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases. Note that this includes cases that were imported from other countries, which is why some countries have cases reported after they were certified polio-free (for example, the USA recorded cases in the 1980s after polio was eradicated in the country in 1978). Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) cases refer to cases of paralytic polio who have been infected by a poliovirus strain that was derived from a vaccine and where there is evidence that the strain has undergone community transmission. This definition is described by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220306074558/https://polioeradication.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reporting-and-Classification-of-VDPVs_Aug2016_EN.pdf Wild poliovirus cases refer to cases of paralytic polio who have been infected by a wild poliovirus strain. Strains that are not considered vaccine-derived are considered wild poliovirus. Source: World Health Organization: https://web.archive.org/web/20220308050708/https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/data/incidence_series.xls Also available at: https://github.com/owid/notebooks/blob/main/FionaSpooner/polio_cases/data/incidence_series.xls 2022-04-05 15:09:16 2023-06-15 05:05:42       5573 21964   
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