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Time series of reported cases of paralytic polio from any wild poliovirus strain in Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Malawi, 1980 to 2021

This includes reported cases of paralytic polio from any wild poliovirus strain (WPV1, WPV2, WPV3). As can be seen, the predominant type of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) was type 2 (cVDPV2). (Source: Dattani S, Spooner F, Ochmann S, Roser M. Polio. Published online at OurWorldInData.org 2017, last revised 2022. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/polio. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License [CC BY 4.0], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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