title: Accuracy of the National Polio Surveillance Project data in Rajasthan.
abstract: According to the National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) there were 15 polio cases in Rajasthan during 2000. Close scrutiny of the Line List of AFP cases shows that there were at least 58 polio cases, many cases had been wrongly classified. Cases of vaccine associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) and vaccine failure had been missed.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results