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post #1 of 4
9/20/08 at 3:10am
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Does anyone know how I can find the most recent report, I'm guessing it would be by the CDC or something...I want to know how many people get polio in the US and how many of them are vaxed for it...I got into an argument with a friend and her husband and I need evidence!! I just bought Mary Tocco's DVD so maybe there's info on there too...I saw her presentation and it was awesome but of course I couldn't write it all down!
post #2 of 4
9/20/08 at 2:33pm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...737md.htm#tab1
post #3 of 4
9/20/08 at 3:07pm
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/polio/dis-faqs.htm

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Is polio still a disease seen in the United States?

The last cases of naturally occurring paralytic polio in the United States were in 1979, when an outbreak occurred among the Amish in several Midwestern states. From 1980 through 1999, there were 152 confirmed cases of paralytic polio cases reported. Of the 152 cases, eight cases were acquired outside the United States and imported. The last imported case caused by wild poliovirus into the United States was reported in 1993. The remaining 144 cases were vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) caused by live oral polio vaccine (OPV).
I'm curious to know what your friends argument was
post #4 of 4
9/20/08 at 4:55pm
You might like to check the archives:
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