Assertion: polio | /r/HasProperty | endemic
Facets:
value: in six countries
type: LOCATION
value: in india
type: LOCATION
value: in pakistan
type: LOCATION
value: in afghanistan
type: LOCATION
value: in nigeria
type: LOCATION
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Additional risk factors for polio include: traveling to places where polio is endemic or widespread, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan
text: These include travelers to areas where poliomyelitis is endemic or epidemic (see CDC Health Information for International Travel 2014
text: Vaccination campaigns have succeeded in reducing the number of countries where polio is endemic (where it occurs locally).
text: For this reason, some countries where polio is no longer endemic now use only the inactivated polio vaccine, which is almost as effective.
text: In 2012, only 223 confirmed cases of polio were reported globally and polio was endemic only in three countries.
text: Others who are at higher risk for developing the illness include young children, immunosuppressed people, pregnant women, people living or traveling in areas where polio is endemic, and polio patient caregivers.
text: Furthermore, in 2003, only 784 confirmed cases of polio were reported globally, and polio was endemic in six countries.
text: In this situation, health-care providers should administer OPV only after discussing the risk of VAPP with parents or caregivers; or Mass vaccination campaigns to control outbreaks of paralytic polio; or Unvaccinated children who will be traveling in less than 4 weeks to areas where polio is endemic.
text: However, polio is still endemic in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan.
text: Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan remain the only nations where polio is endemic.
text: -Increased risk of exposure includes: travelers to regions/countries where poliomyelitis is endemic, healthcare workers caring for patients who may be excreting polioviruses, laboratory workers handling polioviruses, and members of groups with disease caused by wild polioviruses.
text: Travelers to regions or countries where poliomyelitis is endemic or epidemic.
text: Health-care workers in close contact with individuals who may be excreting wild polioviruses ; or Individuals who are members of specific population groups currently supervening an outbreak of polio caused by wild polioviruses; or Laboratory workers handling specimens which may contain polioviruses ; or Travelers to areas where poliomyelitis is endemic or epidemic .