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Table 1 Districts within Pakistan where environmental sampling had been initiated between January 2011 – August 2015 and associated information on: neighbouring districts, population size, number of sampling sites, number of samples containing WPV, and cases of poliomyelitis

From: Population sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis and environmental surveillance for serotype 1 poliovirus in Pakistan: an observational study

District

Neighbours

Total population size (‘000)

Environmental sampling

AFP surveillance and poliomyelitis cases

Sites

First sampled

Total

WPVa (%)

non-polio AFP rateb

Poliomyelitis cases

 

District

Neighbours

District

Neighbours

District

Neighbours

DIKhan

Bhakkar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Lakki Marwat, Layyah, Mianwali, Musakhel, Sharani, Tank, South Waziristan

1233

10,170

3

Oct-14

28

4 (14.3)

11.5

17.4

0

43

Peshawar

Charsada, Khyber, Kohat, Mohmand, Nowshera, Charsada, Khyber, Kohat, Mohmand, Nowshera, Peshawar, Kohat, FR Kohat, FR Peshawar

2556

7097

2

Jan-11

117

85 (72.6)

17.7

24.9

55

593

Islamabad

Haripur, Rawalpindi

1303

6379

1

Mar-14

18

2 (11.1)

2.6

5.6

0

0

Rawalpindi

Abotabad, Attock, Bagh, Chakwal, Haripur, Islamabad, Jhelum, Kotli, Mirpur, Poonch, Sudnuti

3779

17,747

2

Jan-11

76

34 (44.7)

6

7.3

0

4

Lahore

Kasur, Nankana Sahib, Sheikupura

5946

14,529

3

Jan-11

216

67 (31)

6

6.4

1

2

Faisalabad

Hafizabad, Nankanasahib, Okara, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang, Chiniot

6597

20,274

3

Sep-12

96

2 (2.1)

6.6

8.3

0

4

Multan

Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Lodhran, Muzfargarh

4033

15,157

3

Jan-11

168

33 (19.6)

10

11

0

3

Sukkur

Ghotki, Kashmore, Khairpur, Shikarpur

1113

6302

2

Apr-12

81

17 (21)

10.1

14.5

1

2

Hyderabad

Jamshoro, Matiari, T Allahyar, Thatta, Tando Muhammad Khan

1846

5628

1

Jul-12

38

21 (55.3)

4.6

9.7

0

0

Baldia (Karachi)

Kamari, Orangi, Site

462

2457

2

Jan-11

113

29 (25.7)

9.3

5.6

5

7

Gadap (Karachi)

Jamshoro, Binqasim, Gulshan Iqbal, Gulberg, Kamari, Malir, North nazim, North Karachi, Orangi, Site, Lasbela

429

7633

3

Jan-11

141

75 (53.2)

25

8.1

14

15

Gulshan Iqbal (Karachi)

Gadap, Gulberg, Jamsheed, Lliaqat, Malir, Shahfaisal

1094

5057

2

Jan-11

112

40 (35.7)

7.6

43.2

2

15

Quetta

Killah Abdulah, Mastung, Noshki, Pishin, Ziarat, Harnai

1724

2916

3

Jan-11

147

51 (34.7)

11.1

12.4

27

59

Killah Abdullah

Pishin, Quetta

389

2504

2

Oct-14

22

8 (36.4)

14.6

12.5

11

7

  1. aWild poliovirus isolation (in environmental samples) containing serotype 1 - WPV
  2. bper 100,000 children under 15 years old