epidemiology of acute flaccid paralysis in kermanshah province,

the aim of this study was to determine epidemiologic features of acute flaccid paralysis (afp) during 2004-2009 in kermanshah province. this cross-sectional descriptive study was done based on data records from kermanshah health care center. in total 89 patients, 0-14 years old were enrolled study, which 36 of them were male and 53 were female. 50.6% of subjects were diagnosed as guillain-barre, 6.7% transverse synovitis and 5.6% as arthritis. no any cases of poliomyelitis were diagnosed. the prevalence of reported of afp during 2004-2009 in kermanshah province was more than expected rate of 1 per 100000 according to who.