WHO: Polio Resurfaces in Mali from Ebola-hit Guinea

There is a high risk of polio spreading in Ebola-ravaged Guinea and Mali, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a Guinean toddler travelled to Mali and became that country's first case of the crippling disease in more than four years. Preliminary tests by authorities in Mali's capital showed the 19-month-old was paralyzed on July 20, seven days before being brought to Bamako for treatment. The strain of the virus is the same as one detected in Siguiri in Guinea's...

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