BACKGROUND: @entity3328 is still an @entity66 in many areas of the world including Africa and South Asia. Iran is polio free since 2001. However, due to endemicity of polio in neighboring countries of Iran, the risk of polio importation and re-emergence of wild polio virus is high. Case definition through surveillance system is a well-defined method for maintenance of polio eradication in polio free countries. METHODS: In a cross-sectional survey from 2007 to 2013, we reviewed all the records of under 15 years old @entity1 reported to Acute Flaccid Paralysis Committee (AFPC) in Isfahan province, Iran. All cases were visited by members of the AFPC. Three stool samples were collected from each reported case within 2 weeks of onset of @entity912 and sent to National Polio Laboratory in Tehran, Iran, for @entity9925 isolation. Data were analyzed by @entity13028 software (version 22). Student's t-test and Chi-square was used to compare variables. Statistical significance level was set at P < 0.05. RESULTS: In this 6-year period 85 cases were analyzed, 54 @entity1 were male (63.5%) and 31 were female (36.5%). The mean age of @entity1 was 5.7    3.9 years. The most common cause of @entity912 among these @entity1 was @entity5011 (83.5%). We did not found any @entity3328 caused by wild polio virus. Only one case of vaccine associated @entity3328 was reported. CONCLUSION: Since 1992, Iran has a routine and high percent coverage of polio vaccination program for @entity1 (>94%), with six doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV). Accurate surveillance for @entity3328 is essential for continuing eradication.

Acute flaccid XXXX surveillance: A 6 years study, Isfahan, Iran.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'infants'] @entity3328 :: ('MESH:D011051', 'Disease') :: ['poliomyelitis', 'Poliomyelitis'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['endemic disease'] @entity9925 :: ('138950', 'Species') :: ['poliovirus'] @entity13028 :: ('80326', 'Gene') :: ['SSPS'] @entity5011 :: ('MESH:D020275', 'Disease') :: ['Guillian-Barr   syndrome'] @entity912 :: ('MESH:D010243', 'Disease') :: ['paralysis']
@entity912 :: (MESH:D010243,Disease) :: ['paralysis']
