Open AccessPoliomyelitis-Related Case-Fatality Ratio in India, 2002-2006
Author(s) -
S. J. Doshi,
Harjit S. Sandhu,
Linda Venczel,
Karen Hymbaugh,
Jagadish M. Deshpande,
Mark A. Pallansch,
Sunil Bahl,
Jay D. Wenger,
Stephen L. Cochi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir332
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , poliomyelitis , pediatrics , outbreak , epidemiology , demography , disease surveillance , vaccination , environmental health , immunology , virology , sociology
On the basis of studies from developed countries, the case-fatality ratio (CFR) of poliomyelitis generally ranges from 2%-5% among children <5 years of age to 10%-30% among adults. However, little information is available for poliomyelitis-related CFR in developing countries. We conducted a study to determine the CFR in India, 1 of the 4 remaining countries with endemic wild poliovirus (WPV) circulation, during outbreaks of WPV infection during 2002 and 2006 and during the inter-epidemic years of 2003-2005.
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