%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiology of acute flaccid paralysis in Kermanshah province, 2004-2009
%A Keyghobad Ghadiri
%A Mitra Darbandi
%A Mandana Afsharian
%A Nahid Khademi
%J Behbood
%D 2011
%I 
%X The aim of this study was to determine epidemiologic features of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during 2004-2009 in Kermanshah province. This cross-sectional descriptive study was done based on data records from Kermanshah health care center. In total 89 patients, 0-14 years old were enrolled study, which 36 of them were male and 53 were female. 50.6% of subjects were diagnosed as Guillain-barre, 6.7% transverse synovitis and 5.6% as arthritis. No any cases of poliomyelitis were diagnosed. The prevalence of reported of AFP during 2004-2009 in Kermanshah province was more than expected rate of 1 per 100000 according to WHO.
%K epidemiology
%K acute flaccid paralysis
%K Guillain-barre
%U http://jbehbood.hbi.ir/library/upload/article/af_323243411-dr-ghadiri_breif-report_-t.pdf