title: Notes from the field: outbreak of poliomyelitis--Somalia and Kenya, May 2013.
abstract: On May 9, 2013, the Somalia Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a confirmed wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case in a girl aged 32 months from Mogadishu (Banadir Region), with onset of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) on April 18, 2013. Subsequently, eight additional WPV1 cases have been confirmed in Somalia, seven in Banadir Region and one in Bay Region. These are the first reported polio cases in Somalia since March 2007.
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012998:Somalia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D023321:Poliovirus Vaccines