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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 1;210(0 1):S173–S180. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit808

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Epidemic Curve of AFP Cases in Somalia with Line Graph of Non-Polio AFP Rate during 1998–2013

Abbreviations and AFP Case Definitions

AFP: Acute flaccid paralysis

WPV: Wild poliovirus

cVDPV: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus

npAFP: Non-polio AFP

Compatible: AFP cases lacking adequate stool specimens but having residual paralysis or a pattern of clinical presentation consistent with polio after 60 days of onset

Discarded: AFP cases with adequate stool specimens but testing negative for poliovirus, or lacking adequate stool specimens and not having residual paralysis or a pattern of clinical presentation consistent with polio after 60 days of onset

Pending: AFP cases pending final classification