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© 1981 Oxford University Press

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Polio and Lameness in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

NUNUK MARIS ULFAH*, SUTOMO PARASTHO*, TONNY SADJIMIN** and JON ELIOT ROHDE**,{dagger}

*Foster Parents Plan Yogyakarta, Indonesia
**Department of Pediatrics, Gadjah Mada University, Medical Faculty
{dagger}Management Science for Health, MSH/Haiti Representative P.O. Box 2560, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Ulfah N M [Foster Parents Plan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia] Parastho S. Sadjimin T and Rohde J E. Polio and lameness in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. International Journal of Epidemiology 1981; 10: 171–175.

This survey for residual paralysis among rural and urban children in Central Java shows an overall rate for polio lameness of 9/10 000 children. A recent rise in reported cases of acute poliomyelitis is reflected in paralysis rate among preschool children of 22/10 000. Three quarters of cases occur before the third birthday. A majority of children below age 3 are lacking antibody titres to one or more types of polio virus, demonstrating the need for mass immunisation. A simple questionnaire detected polio cases with a sensitivity of 84%.

Received 18 February 1980


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