Epidemiological update: Suspected polio cases in Syria confirmed by WHO, 30 October 2013
Ten of the 22 acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in the Syrian Arab Republic suspected of being caused by wild poliovirus have been confirmed as wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) by the World Health Organization (WHO).
ECDC published a rapid risk assessment on 24 October in response to the suspected polio cases and the risk posed to the EU/EEA. The confirmation by WHO of these ten cases does not change the ECDC risk assessment and its recommendations that remain valid.