Another polio case registered, number rises to 50.ISLAMABAD, September 16, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The national health department has confirmed presence of poliovirus poliovirus /po·lio·vi·rus/ (pol´-e-o-vi?rus) the causative agent of poliomyelitis, separable, on the basis of specificity of neutralizing antibody, into three serotypes designated types 1, 2, and 3. in two-year-old child resident of Matta area of Swat Swat (swät), district of the Malakand division, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Saidu Sharif is the capital. The largely inaccessible region is reached by air and through mountain passes from the south and east. . The number of polio victims has increased to fifty during last year. Spokesman to health department said another polio case has been registered and the health department has confirmed the presence of polio virus in two year old child Rashid Rasheed resident of Swat and now number of polio victims has risen to fifty. It is the ninth case, which has been registered in Swat. The children of the area had not been given polio vaccine Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat polio. The first was developed by Jonas Salk, first tested in 1952, and announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955. It consists of an injected dose of inactivated (dead) poliovirus. due to the grave situation of peace. The spokesman said that this year eight cases of polio virus eight in Punjab, ten in Sindh, four in NWFP NWFP North-West Frontier Province (northwest Pakistan) NWFP Northwest Forest Plan NWFP Non-Wood Forest Product and twenty eight in tribal areas have been registered. The nine children belong to Swat and twelve belong to Bajaur agency. He said that thirty-two polio victims have been affected by poliovirus V1 and seven are affected of P3. The health department also confirms presence of both the viruses in a child resident of Bajor. According to spokesman cause of increase in polio cases in NWFP was due to grave situation of peace in the area. He said that 99 per cent affected children could not take polio vaccination due to harassment by local militants and lack of peace in the area. He said that 117 polio cases have been registered in 2008. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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