Forgotten Africa Science reported at the end of December 2010: An explosive outbreak in the Republic of Congo is writing another chapter in the book on how this ancient scourge behaves. Polio usually strikes children under age 5, paralyzing one in 200 of those infected and killing at most 5%, occasionally up to 10% in [...]
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