A probable case of poliomyelitis imported to Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tay, C.G., Ong, L.C., Goh, K.J., Rahmat, K., Fong, C.Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19583/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2015.07.001

We report a previously well 10-month-old Somalian girl who acquired asymmetric lower limb weakness in July 2013 in Mogadishu, Banadir, before arriving in Malaysia at 12 months of age. In May 2013, there was a wild poliomyelitis outbreak in that area, as reported by the World Health Organization. Lab...