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Postdiphtheritic acute flaccid paralysis: An epidemiological investigation report

Author(s) -

Namratha Kulkarni,

NikhilP Hawal,

VijayaA Naik,

UmeshS Charantimath

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of the scientific society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-7127

pISSN - 0974-5009

DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.115480

Subject(s) - medicine , acute flaccid paralysis , poliomyelitis , flaccid paralysis , paralysis , pediatrics , diphtheria , girl , virology , surgery , poliovirus , vaccination , virus , psychology , developmental psychology

A 10-year-old girl presented with faucial diphtheria, 2 weeks following which she presented with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). The case was notified to the district polio surveillance officer and was epidemiologically investigated. Outer ring immunization was done and her stool samples were negative for wild polio. The case was thus labelled nonpolio AFP postdiphtheria

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