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polio-eradication
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+---
+title: Polio eradication
+kind: problem
+status: partial
+year: 1988
+authors: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
+statement: Can poliovirus be eradicated worldwide?
+space: infectious-disease
+---
+Cases fell by over 99% from about 350,000 a year in 1988. Wild types 2 and 3 are certified eradicated. Wild type 1 persists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and outbreaks derived from the oral vaccine complicate the endgame.
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+Posed 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Polio eradication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_eradication)
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+[[Space:infectious-disease|Infectious disease]] · [[Continent:medicine|Medicine]]
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Cases fell by over 99% from about 350,000 a year in 1988. Wild types 2 and 3 are certified eradicated. Wild type 1 persists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and outbreaks derived from the oral vaccine complicate the endgame.
Posed 1988, Global Polio Eradication Initiative.