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India Seen Winning Fight Against Worst Polio Strain
July 17, 2007
By Kamil Zaheer
India may be winning the fight against the most dangerous strain of polio, with no cases reported this year in a badly hit region seen as a key global battleground against the paralyzing disease, officials said.
India is the focus of concern among the global health community after an outbreak of 676 cases in 2006 -- a tenfold jump over 2005 and a third of the world's total.
The Indian strain caused countries such as Angola and then Namibia to be re-infected, and is thought to be the source of the first outbreak in seven years in neighboring Myanmar this year.
© 2007 Reuters
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 17 July 2007
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