Achieving High Poliovirus Antibody Seroprevalence in Areas at Risk of Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Transmission—Niger Experience
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab210
Abstract: Abstract Background Outbreaks of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) continue to expand across Africa. We conducted a serological survey of polio antibodies in high–polio risk areas of Niger to assess risk of poliovirus outbreaks. Methods… read more here.
Keywords: risk; seroprevalence; niger; derived poliovirus ... See more keywords
An imported case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, Spain in the context of the ongoing polio Public Health Emergency of International Concern, September 2021
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.50.2101068
Abstract: The monthly retrospective search for unreported acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases conducted as a complementary component of the Spanish AFP surveillance system identified a case of AFP in a child admitted in Spain from Senegal… read more here.
Keywords: health; health emergency; september 2021; derived poliovirus ... See more keywords