Poliomyelitis

Nigerian team seeks reassurance that polio vaccine is safe

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 2nd, 2004

With its polio outbreak spreading, Nigeria recently sent a team of scientists, officials and Muslim leaders abroad to bring back proof that the vaccine is neither contaminated nor a Western plot to spread AIDS.

Three predominantly Muslim northern states have suspended door-to-door vaccinations since October, citing fears that the vaccine could cause infertility or AIDS.

The United Nations said the outbreak has crossed into neighboring African countries, and is threatening a global campaign to wipe out the crippling virus.

The mission took the team to South Africa, Indonesia and India for a week to observe a battery of tests on the...

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