PolioCasesRiseinIndonesia
印尼小儿麻痹症患者数量有所上升
PoliohasstrickendozensofchildreninIndonesiaandiscontinuingtospread.Thegovernmentispreparingforanationalimmunizationdriveinanefforttostopthepotentiallycripplingdisease.
TheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysthenumberofcasesofpolioinIndonesiahasclimbedtoover100andisurgingwiderimmunizationtostopthediseasefrominfectingmorechildren.
TheIndonesiangovernmentlaunchedanemergencyimmunizationcampaigninMay,vaccinatingaround6.5millionchildreninWestJavaprovince,wherethefirstcasewasfound,andintheneighboringprovincesofBantenandJakarta.
Asecondimmunizationdrivehasjustbeencompletedinthesameregion,andthegovernmentisgearingupforanationalimmunizationdaybecausesomecaseshavebeenfoundthroughoutthecountry.
TheheadoftheWHO'spolioimmunizationprograminIndonesia,Dr.BardanJungRana,saysthegovernmentneedstolaunchthenationalimmunizationdriveassoonaspossible.
Dr.Rana:Wedoexpectthecaseswillriseforsometime.We'rehopingtheNID,theNationalImmunizationDay,comessoon,becausethesooneritcomesthequickerwearehopingthatthecaseswillstartdeclining.
PoliohadnotbeenseeninIndonesiafrom1995untilthefirstnewcaseappearedinApril,andtherapidspreadhasdealtamajorblowtoaUnitedNationsprogramaimedattheglobaleradicationofpoliobytheendofthisyear.
Dr.Ranasayspoliowillnotbeeliminateduntilallchildrenarevaccinatedagainstthedisease.
Dr.Rana:Theideaistomakesurethateverychildisimmunizeduntilandunlessweabsolutelygotridofthepoliovirusfromtheworldcompletelyandthat'swhattheaimhasbeen-tohaveglobaleradication.
Poliousuallyattacksthecentralnervoussystem,andcancauseparalysis,muscularatrophy,andsometimesdeath.
Dr.RanasaysthepolioviruswasprobablybroughttoIndonesiafromYemenorSaudiArabiabyinternationaltravelers,whomayhavepassedonastrainthatoriginatedinNigeria.
Thedisease,whichiswaterborne,remainsendemicinsixcountries-Afghanistan,Pakistan,India,Egypt,Nigeria,andNiger.
Nancy-AmeliaCollins,VOAnews,Jakarta.
potentially[pE5tenF（E）li]adv.潜在地
crippling[5kripliN]adj.临界的,极限的
immunization[7imju:nai5zeiFEn]n.使免除
vaccinate[5vAksineit]v.进行预防接种
eradication[i7rAdi5keiFEn]n.根除
centralnervoussystem中枢神经系统
paralysis[pE5rAlisis]n.瘫痪
endemic[en5demik]n.地方病
