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Correction factor and the resulting estimated total number of paralytic polio cases from Duintjer Tebbens "base case"

Shown is the "base case" reported by Duintjer Tebbens and colleagues. (Sources: Dattani S, Spooner F, Ochmann S, Roser M. Polio. Published online at OurWorldInData.org 2017, last revised 2022. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/polio. Duintjer Tebbens RJ, Pallansch MA, Cochi SL, et al. Economic analysis of the global polio eradication initiative. Vaccine 2010;29[2]:334-43. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [CC BY 4.0], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Reformatted and rearranged from original by Dr. Douglas J Lanska, but data remain unchanged.)

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  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Bulbar polio
  • Bulbospinal polio
  • Infantile paralysis
  • Nonparalytic polio
  • Paralytic polio
  • Polioencephalitis
  • Post-polio progressive muscular atrophy
  • Post-polio syndrome
  • Spinal paralytic polio