Syria's
polio outbreak has been genetically linked to the strain circulating
in Pakistan and is also related to the wild poliovirus appearing in
Egypt, Israel and Palestinian territories in the past year, the World
Health Organization announced
on Monday .
The
agency also reported an increase in the total number of
laboratory-confirmed cases in Syria, which jumped from 10 to 13
cases. Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), a highly infectious strain that
causes paralysis, has not been detected in Syria since 1999.
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