| outbreak of paralytic poliomyelitis in the chechen republic in 1995. | an outbreak of poliomyelitis with 146 cases among children of whom six died occurred in the chechen republic in 1995. sporadic cases of poliomyelitis have been reported in the neighbouring ingush republic. the outbreak lasted for five months (from may to september) and the maximum number of cases was registered in july. the age of the patients did not exceed 11 years, and more than 90% of the patients were children aged from one month to four years. the overwhelming majority of the patients had ... | 2001 | 11763333 |