Enterovirus paralysis is a serious threat and surveillance and testing systems are desperately needed

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Source: Cynthia S. Goldsmith and Yiting Zhang, CDC

Poliomyelitis (polio) has been eliminated in almost all countries of the world - yet non-polio enteroviruses can also lead to the same devastating symptoms of ‘acute flaccid paralysis’ (AFP).

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