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Published online 25 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040823-11
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Polio hits Guinea and Mali
African epidemic feared following the reappearance of the disease.
Polio has re-emerged in Guinea and Mali, countries that had previously freed themselves of the disease. The finding raises fears that a major polio epidemic could hit west and central Africa.
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