Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance: looking beyond the global poliomyelitis eradication initiative.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2008 Nov; 39(6): 1033-9
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-31383
ABSTRACT
In 1992 surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases was introduced in Malaysia along with the establishment of a national referral laboratory at the Institute for Medical Research. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence, viral etiology and clinical picture of AFP cases below 15 years of age, reported from 2002 to 2007. Six hundred seventy-eight of 688 reported cases were confirmed as AFP by expert review. The clinical presentation of acute flaccid paralysis in these cases was diverse, the most commonly reported being Guillian-Barre syndrome (32.3%). Sixty-nine viruses were isolated in this study. They were Sabin poliovirus (25), Echovirus (22), Cocksackie B (11), EV71 (5), Cocksackie A (1), and untypable (5). Malaysia has been confirmed as free from wild polio since the surveillance was established.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
Paraplegia
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Poliomielite
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Humanos
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Viroses
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Criança
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Pré-Escolar
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Doença Aguda
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Adolescente
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Vigilância de Evento Sentinela
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Malásia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de rastreamento
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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