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标题：Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Australia: the first year
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作者：Ana Herceg ; Margery Kennett ; Jayne Antony 等
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1996
卷号：20
期号：19
页码：403-405
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：Surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis commenced through the Australian Paediatric SurveillanceUnit in March 1995. Thirty-five cases were reported in the first year, giving an estimated incidenceof 0.90 cases per 100,000 children under the age of 15 years. Nearly half the cases were Guillain-Barre syndrome. No cases of poliomyelitis were identified. This surveillance scheme will assist inthe process of certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Australia and the World HealthOrganization Western Pacific Region