POLIOMYELITIS SURVEILLANCE Laboratory results up to week 52, ending 30 December 2001

TABLE 4 
Laboratory investigation of AFP cases with paralysis onset in 2001

Country	Polio Laboratories	AFP with specimens submitted	AFP cases positive for:					Cases pending lab results	% positive for NPEV *	% results reported within 28 days	Latest Report Date
			P1	P2	P3	Polio mix	Polio / NPEV
Afghanistan	RRL Pakistan	199	13	3	7	2	0	7	19	72	29/12/2001
Bahrain	RRL Kuwait	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18/11/2001
Cyprus	RRL Egypt	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	02/01/2002
Djibouti	Kenya	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Egypt	RRL Egypt	237	6	1	4	2	2	5	16	74	02/01/2002
Iran	PNL Iran	329	6	0	2	1	0	6	3	85	22/12/2001
Iraq	PNL Iraq	276	0	2	3	2	0	9	24	100	27/12/2001
Jordan	PNL Jordan	22	0	1	1	0	0	4	6	44	02/01/2002
Kuwait	RRL Kuwait	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45	18/11/2001
Lebanon	RRL Egypt	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	91	02/01/2002
Libya	RRL Tunisia	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	93	05/01/2002
Morocco	PNL Morocco	192	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	93	03/01/2002
Oman	PNL Oman	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	100	01/01/2002
Pakistan	RRL Pakistan	1501	71	26	72	24	1	63	20	80	29/12/2001
Palestine & UNRWA		12	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	-	21/11/2001
Qatar	RRL Egypt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	02/01/2002
Saudi Arabia	PNL Saudi Arabia	87	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	98	05/01/2002
Somalia	PNL Kenya	125	3	4	8	2	0	19	16	-	04/01/2002
Sudan	PNL Sudan	205	3	1	4	0	0	9	10	80	02/01/2002
Sudan	PNL Kenya	78	2	0	0	0	0	14	16	-	09/12/2001
Syria	PNL Syria	98	0	1	1	0	1	0	19	100	05/01/2002
Tunisia	RRL Tunisia	40	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	88	05/01/2002
U.A.E	RRL Kuwait	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	18/11/2001
Yemen	-	164	0	1	1	0	1	52	39	-	11/12/2001
Total EMR	-	3629	105	40	103	33	5	210	15	83	-

*  Based on all specimens processed

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