acute flaccid paralysis
Acute flaccid paralysis
... Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is a syndrome characterized by rapidly evolving diffuse muscle weakness (critical course), muscular hypotonia, and deep or abolished hypoactive reflexes ...the ...
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Evaluation of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system in Mwenezi district, Masvingo, 2018: a descriptive study
... Objectives: Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus which affects mostly young children below the age of 15 years. For surveillance children with acute flaccid paralysis ...
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Clinicoetiological Study of Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Children under 15 Years Age Group
... Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is a complex clinical syndrome with broad array of potential etiologies and clinical ...polio acute flaccidparalysis (AFP) has decreased in India but the ...
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Surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis in the Marches region (Italy): 1997–2007
... 1. High infant immunization coverage with four doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) in the first year of life, WHO has established a global target of at least 90% immunization coverage for all vaccines used in the Expanded ...
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An epidemiological analysis of acute flaccid paralysis and its surveillance system in Iraq, 1997 2011
... In 1988, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), aiming to eradicate polio by the year 2000 [3]. Although polio outbreaks continue to occur, polio cases have witnessed ...
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Clinical Reasoning: A 2-year-old child with acute flaccid paralysis
... involvement. Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset of weakness due to various conditions and the term flaccid indicates lack of corticospinal tract ...
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Distribution Pattern of the Non Polio Enterovirus (NPEV) Rate in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis Reported to the Surveillance System in Nigeria 2010 2015
... An active Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance system remains the gold standard for the polio eradication initiative. Poliovirus surveillance involves a systematic isolation of the virus from ...
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Population sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for serotype 1 poliovirus in Pakistan: an observational study
... Abbreviations AFP: Acute flaccid paralysis; BF: Bayes factors; ES: Environmental surveillance; FOR: False omission rate; GPEI: Global Polio Eradication Initiative; VDPV: Vaccine-derived [r] ...
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Metagenomic Analyses of Viruses in Stool Samples from Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis
... We analyzed viral nucleic acids in stool samples collected from 35 South Asian children with nonpolio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). Sequence-independent reverse transcription and PCR amplification ...
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Prognosis of West Nile virus associated acute flaccid paralysis: a case series
... outcomes. Acute flaccid paralysis was diagnosed if patients had a positive West Nile virus IgM antibody capture enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization assay ...
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Study of 57 cases of acute flaccid paralysis in a tertiary care hospital in india
... Similar to our study,in Kaushik, Rupesh et al. 63.2% cases had complete recovery at discharge, 18% improved but had residual deficits at discharge, 9% died,and 4 cases (3%) had no improvement in muscle power at the time ...
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Characteristics of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Reported by the Surveillance System and Verified by WHO Officer in Akwa Ibom State Nigeria, 2006 2012
... Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance is the cornerstone of successful polio control or eradication pro- grammes as it enables programme managers to monitor the effectiveness of intervention ...
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Molecular characterization of enterovirus A71 in children with acute flaccid paralysis in the Philippines
... Background: Several inactivated enterovirus-A71 (EV-A71) vaccines are currently licensed in China; however, the development of additional EV-A71 vaccines is ongoing, necessitating extensive analysis of the molecular ...
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Enhanced surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis following importation of wild poliovirus in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
... of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) among children <15 years of ...showing acute or sudden onset of flaccid paralysis in one or more limbs, or other suspected poliomyelitis in a ...
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Identification and characterization of unrecognized viruses in stool samples of non polio acute flaccid paralysis children by simplified VIDISCA
... Virus discovery techniques are often a combination of unbiased amplification and high throughput sequencing. However, high throughput sequencing is almost impos- sible in developing countries like Pakistan because its ...
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Clinical Profile of Acute Flaccid Paralysis
... Clinical Profile of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Clinical Profile of Acute Flaccid Paralysis C H Rasul, FCPS', P L Das, M Phil', SAlam, MBBS', S Ahmed, MBBS*', M Ahmed, MBBS"', *Khulna Medical College, Khu[.] ...
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Non polio enteroviruses in faeces of children diagnosed with acute flaccid paralysis in Nigeria
... Non polio enteroviruses in faeces of children diagnosed with acute flaccid paralysis in Nigeria RESEARCH Open Access Non polio enteroviruses in faeces of children diagnosed with acute flaccid paralysi[.] ...
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Acute flaccid paralysis in ninewa province in north of Iraq
... Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) is a clinical manifestation characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause ...
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Gender Dimensions of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance in Nigeria
... of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the security challenged state of Borno were confirmed as WPV ...of paralysis on 28th October 2016 was confirmed in ...
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← Return to Article Details Traumatic Injection Neuritis and Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance in Nigeria Download
... The clinical manifestation of TIN especially in children, is by paresis in the distribution of the sciatic nerve, followed by minor to severe transient sensory disturbance – causalgia or burning pain in the extremity ...
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