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Reoccuring [sic]

Can someone please fix: In 2015 Nigeria had stopped the spread of wild poliovirus but it reoccurred in 2016.[6][7]

It recurred, there is no such word as 'reoccurred'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.137.120.64 (talk) 11:31, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

Is it OK for me to spell out the abbreviations in the titles of journals or other parts of references. I think it's tough enough for lay people to understand technical and scientific articles, and it can be off-putting to see things like "NIH" or "Annu Rev Microbiol" that medical or scientific people know but might as well be a foreign language to others. Capital letters should also be used for almost all words in titles of articles. These are two of my general pet peeves and ordinarily I just go ahead and make those changes, but I saw the request for all changes to be discussed. My background is as a medical doctor in infectious diseases, so I might be able to make some content additions, too. (I've never seen a case of polio, but still...) Ira Leviton (talk) 20:16, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

French had the first polio vaccine

This should be included in Wikipedia.

FRANCE

The Pasteur Institute stated that an anti-poliomyelitis vaccine, developed by Professor Pierre Lepine would soon be produced in large quantities. (Times, London, April 4, 1955).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.201.179.7 (talk) 16:27, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 January 2017

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In the Epidemiology section, please replace the map titled "Reported polio cases in 2015" and the table below it with the map and table for 2016, which can be copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication#2016 47.139.45.248 (talk) 06:13, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]