MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
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MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. · Jun 2002
Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication--Pakistan and Afghanistan, January 2000-April 2002.
Since 1988, when the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis worldwide, the estimated global incidence of polio has decreased 99%. Pakistan began polio eradication activities in 1994 and Afghanistan in 1997. ⋯ This report summarizes progress toward eradicating polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan during January 2000-April 2002. Both countries aim to stop transmission of poliovirus by the end of 2002; however, the unstable security situation in the region might threaten this success.
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MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. · Jun 2002
Case ReportsUpdate: Cutaneous anthrax in a laboratory worker--Texas, 2002.
On April 5, 2002, CDC reported a case of suspected cutaneous anthrax in a worker at laboratory A who had been processing environmental samples for Bacillus anthracis in support of CDC investigations of the 2001 bioterrorist attacks in the United States. Since the initial report, the worker had serial serology performed at the CDC laboratory. A greater than fourfold rise from baseline in the concentration of immunoglobulin G to protective antigen was demonstrated. ⋯ On the basis of case definitions developed during the recent investigation, these additional findings confirm this as a case of cutaneous anthrax. This case brings the number of anthrax cases identified in the United States since October 3, 2001, to 23, including 11 inhalation and 12 cutaneous (eight confirmed and four suspected). This is the first laboratory-acquired case of anthrax associated with the recent investigation.