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October 14, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Polio Makes a Come Back in Northern Nigeria State"
Reuters (www.reuters.com) (10/10/02)
Twenty-seven children from the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna have been infected as a new wave of polio sweeps through the country, dealing a severe blow to the anti-polio campaign currently underway there. No polio cases had been reported in Kaduna for the last two years, and this year 113 of the 720 polio cases reported worldwide are in Nigeria. World Health Organization official Emmanuel Musa said that some Muslims in the state have been hesitant to receive the vaccine due to fears that it reduces fertility or causes AIDS. In an effort to alleviate these concerns, health officials are asking Muslim physicians to analyze samples of the vaccine at two Kaduna hospitals.
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