POLIOMYELITIS SURVEILLANCE Week 52, ending 30 December 2001

TABLE 3
Classification of AFP cases and selected AFP/polio performance indicators
(based on line listed data)

COUNTRY	2000									2001									Latest Line List Date
	AFP							Specimen Collection		AFP							Specimen Collection
	Total AFP cases onset 2000	Case classification					rate*			Total AFP cases onset 2001	Case classification					rate*
		Polio		Polio Compatible	Pending	Discarded (non polio AFP)	Non polio AFP rate	% with adequate specimens **	% with any specimen		Polio		Polio Compatible	Pending	Discarded (non polio AFP)	Annualized non polio AFP rate	% with adequate specimens	% with any specimen
		Total	Wild Poliovirus								Total	Wild Poliovirus
Afghanistan	252	120	27	***	0	132	1.08	49.60	89.70	204	11	11	14	18	161	1.61	74.50	97.50	02/01/2002
Bahrain	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.97	100.00	100.00	7	0	0	0	1	6	3.42	42.90	85.70	23/12/2001
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	NA	NA	3	0	0	0	3	0	1.14	0.00	66.70	30/12/2001
Djibouti	2	0	0	***	0	2	0.79	0.00	100.00	1	0	0	***	0	1	0.40	100.00	100.00	31/12/2001
Egypt	275	4	4	0	0	271	1.28	89.50	99.60	250	3	3	0	53	194	1.17	91.60	99.20	06/01/2002
Iran	310	3	3	5	1	301	1.22	74.50	95.80	343	0	0	1	31	311	1.40	85.70	99.40	02/01/2002
Iraq	276	4	4	1	0	271	2.45	84.40	99.30	276	0	0	0	30	246	2.42	92.40	100.00	29/12/2001
Jordan	26	0	0	0	0	26	1.40	96.20	100.00	22	0	0	0	5	17	1.11	86.40	100.00	02/01/2002
Kuwait	8	0	0	0	0	8	1.51	100.00	100.00	7	0	0	0	0	7	1.03	85.70	100.00	30/12/2001
Lebanon	13	0	0	0	1	12	1.48	84.60	92.30	12	0	0	0	4	8	1.37	58.30	100.00	24/12/2001
Libya	15	0	0	0	0	15	0.82	93.30	100.00	18	0	0	0	2	16	0.87	44.40	77.80	02/01/2002
Morocco	74	0	0	0	0	74	0.73	44.60	97.30	189	0	0	0	30	159	1.88	87.80	98.40	18/12/2001
Oman	11	0	0	0	0	11	1.31	72.70	100.00	14	0	0	0	0	14	1.67	100.00	100.00	21/12/2001
Pakistan	1152	199	199	54	0	899	1.53	70.60	93.10	1509	105	105	18	139	1247	2.26	84.90	98.10	05/01/2002
Palestine	9	0	0	0	0	9	0.69	100.00	100.00	12	0	0	0	0	12	0.93	100.00	100.00	21/12/2001
Qatar	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.70	0.00	100.00	5	0	0	0	0	5	3.49	100.00	100.00	31/12/2001
Saudi Arabia	86	0	0	0	0	86	1.12	88.40	95.30	81	0	0	0	17	64	1.02	86.40	96.30	05/01/2002
Somalia	161	96	46	***	0	65	2.16	50.30	100.00	125	28	5	***	24	73	3.25	60.00	99.20	04/01/2002
Sudan	269	79	4	***	0	190	1.35	48.70	93.70	279	28	1	***	26	225	1.79	76.00	99.30	25/12/2001
Syria	112	0	0	1	0	111	1.52	80.40	94.60	103	0	0	0	32	71	1.41	86.40	99.00	02/01/2002
Tunisia	42	0	0	0	0	42	1.35	81.00	100.00	42	0	0	0	7	35	1.31	88.10	97.60	30/12/2001
U.A.E	5	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	20.00	40.00	11	0	0	0	3	8	1.18	81.80	100.00	05/01/2002
Yemen	152	0	0	2	0	150	1.74	65.80	99.30	164	0	0	0	58	106	1.92	80.50	99.40	11/12/2001
Total EMR	3253	505	287	63	2	2683	1.41	70.00	95.40	3677	175	125	33	483	2986	1.79	83.70	98.50	-

 *    Non-polio AFP per 100,000 children <15 years, based on aggregate data
**   Adequate here refers to two stool specimens collected at least 24 hours apart, within 14 days of paralysis onset
***  Not using virologic classification
NA  Not applicable
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