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No new polio case in Nigeria for three years

Public Domain by CDC/Dr. Karp, Emory University

In Nigeria, the last country in Africa where polio cases were registered, no new case has been seen in three years. There is a chance that the disease is now eradicated from all of Africa.

News seen at: BBC - Health

Further Info

Image of polio infected tissue taken from Wikipedia
Wikipedia article on Polio
Factsheet of the WHO (World Health Organization) on polio

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