The World Health Organization is likely to announce more cases of polio in war-ravaged Syria this week, a spokeswoman said on Monday, after the incurable virus was confirmed this month in 13 children who became paralyzed. "This week we expect confirmation that there are more cases of polio but I don't have the numbers yet," she said, adding that new cases were a sign "that surveillance is working". In Syria's first polio outbreak since 1999, the virus has been confirmed in 13 of 22 children who became paralyzed in the northern province of Deir al-Zor. The opposition-run Assistance Coordination Unit, which oversees humanitarian relief in Syria, said in a report seen by Reuters that there were now 58 cases of acute flaccid paralysis, a symptom of diseases including polio, in the country.
via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/more-polio-cases-syria-confirmed-week-152059897.html
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