In Syria outbreak, polio exploits conflict once more

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In Syria outbreak, polio exploits conflict once more

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-outbreak-polio-exploits-conflict-once-more-192021900.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TI7242QO.tVMJlnp.G3TUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-29T192436Z_1_CBRE99S1HX500_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian refugee girl helps her brother, who the family suspects has polio, to walk in a mosque compound in Shebaa area, southern Lebanon" align="left" title="A Syrian refugee girl helps her brother, who the family suspects has polio, to walk in a mosque compound in Shebaa area, southern Lebanon" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - With the world tantalizingly close to wiping out polio, conflict in Syria has allowed the crippling disease to take hold again, putting at risk the rest of the region as well as plans for global eradication. War, unrest and poverty have often hindered the long fight against polio, but experts say these obstacles can be overcome, even in Syria where the highly contagious virus has taken advantage of a fall in vaccination rates due to the fighting. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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