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Spatial distribution and trends in the incidence of poliomyelitis over time in different regions of Pakistan.

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posted on 2017-06-12, 17:28 authored by Natalie A. Molodecky, Isobel M. Blake, Kathleen M. O’Reilly, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Rana M. Safdar, Amy Wesolowski, Caroline O. Buckee, Ananda S. Bandyopadhyay, Hiromasa Okayasu, Nicholas C. Grassly
<p>In (A), the spatial distribution of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1)-associated poliomyelitis cases in districts of Pakistan between January 2010 and December 2016 is shown (red dots). (B) Monthly confirmed WPV1-associated poliomyelitis cases in Pakistan reported between January 2010 and December 2016 are shown (bars). The same data are shown together with estimated serotype 1 vaccine-induced population immunity among children <36 months old (lines) for (C) Punjab, Sindh, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and Gilgit-Baltistan, (D) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, (E) Balochistan, and (F) the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA).</p>

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