HealthJuly 24, 2015
Polio Nearly Eradicated in Nigeria, Pushing Disease to Brink of Extinction
With its pending eradication in Nigeria, endemic polio will be found in only two other countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Stories by Mark Farmer
Mark Farmer is Professor of Cellular Biology at the University of Georgia where he teaches introductory biology and conducts research on the origin of eukaryotic cells. A native of New Jersey he has lived in the south for nearly 30 years. When not writing about science he enjoys hiking and SCUBA diving as well as eating non-vegetarian meals when his wife is out of town.
