{"id":105094,"date":"2022-08-09T06:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=105094"},"modified":"2022-08-09T06:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:47:06","slug":"us-doctor-issues-warning-of-many-undiagnosed-polio-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2022\/08\/09\/us-doctor-issues-warning-of-many-undiagnosed-polio-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"US doctor issues warning of many undiagnosed polio cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 A health official in New York State has told the BBC there could be hundreds or even thousands of undiagnosed cases of polio there.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It follows an announcement last month that\u00a0an unvaccinated man had been paralysed by the virus in Rockland County, New York.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His case has been linked genetically to\u00a0traces of polio virus found in sewage in London<\/a>\u00a0and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Developed countries have been warned to boost vaccination rates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, health commissioner for Rockland County, said she was worried about polio circulating in her state undetected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There isn’t just one case of polio if you see a paralytic case. The incidence of paralytic polio is less than 1%,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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